Sun Prairie is a suburb of Madison, the capital city of Wisconsin. There are about 36 000 people that call Sun Prairie home. The sender was an American who lived in Kyiv, Ukraine for 24 years. She mentions on her card that she has a good Canadian friend who was also a missionary, so I assuming she was in Ukraine as a missionary. She moved back to the United States during the Russo-Ukraine War. 

Every postcard in a collection tells two stories: the history of the landscape on the front, and the journey of the traveler writing on the back. This beautiful addition to the archive comes from a unique perspective—an international student currently studying in the historic city of Boston, Massachusetts , taking a break from the classroom to explore the wild, volcanic heart of the American West. The card takes us straight to Wyoming's iconic Yellowstone National Park , showcasing the alien landscapes of the Lower Geyser Basin . The front of the postcard features Steep Cone Geyser , a fascinating thermal feature sitting right along Firehole Lake Drive. True to its name, Steep Cone is a prominent "cone-type" geyser. Over centuries, mineral-rich thermal water has cooled and deposited layers of siliceous sinter (geyserite), building a steep, mound-like structure that continuously splashes and splutters above the hot spring runoff. While Steep Cone provides the visual charm ...

The sender is from Rockville Centre, a village on the south shore of Long Island, near New York City. It has a population of about 26,000. This is a great tourist postcard featuring four attractions on Long Island. Old Hook Mill (Hook Windmill) – The Hook Windmill is located on North Main Street in East Hampton. It was built in 1806 and operated until 1908. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and is part of the North Main Street Historic District. Bethpage Black Course – I’m not sure which golf course is pictured on the postcard, so I searched online for golf courses on Long Island and came across Bethpage. There are five golf courses in Bethpage State Park, and the Black Course is considered the most challenging. A warning sign at the first tee reads: “WARNING: The Black Course is an Extremely Difficult Course Which We Recommend Only for Highly S killed Golfers.” Bethpage Black has hosted the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Opens, the 2019 PGA Championship, and the 2...

The postcard features a lovely painting of Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟), a nature reserve and national park in Sichuan Province, China. It was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1992 and designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1997. Tourism has grown considerably since the park opened. In 2024, Jiuzhaigou welcomed 5.11 million visitors, with more than 30,000 people visiting per day during the peak summer season. Improved transportation links, including the opening of Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport, have made the park more accessible to visitors.

The illustrations on this postcard are from Haikyu!! (ハイキュー!!), a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate (古舘 春一). It was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from February 2012 to July 2020. The story follows Shoyo Hinata, a boy who is determined to become a great volleyball player despite his short stature. The manga was adapted into an anime television series that aired from 2014 to 2020. The series has also inspired several animated films, with another movie scheduled for release in 2027.

Expo 2000 was held in Hanover, Germany, from 1 June to 31 October 2000 at the Hanover Fairground ( Messegelände Hannover ). Organizers expected 40 million visitors, but only about 18.1 million attended—less than half the anticipated number. The shortfall contributed to the exhibition being widely regarded as a financial failure. A total of 108 countries and two international organizations participated. Today, most of the exhibition grounds are still used to host major trade fairs and exhibitions. Expo Plaza, meanwhile, has become part of Hanover’s hub for information technology, design, media, and the arts.