Montréal is home to St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal ( Oratoire Saint-Joseph-du-Mont-Royal ). It is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and a national shrine. It is listed on Canada's National Historic Site and it is Canada's largest church. It was founded by Saint  André Bessette in 1904, in honour of his patron saint, St. Joseph. Many architects and thousands of workers were involved in the six decade construction of the oratory. It attracts 2 million visitors and pilgrims each year. 

A great vintage card of Lake Louise  in Banff National Park for the 1950s or 60s.  Lake Louise, or Ho-run-num-nay, is a glacial lake. Thomas Edmonds Wilson was the first non-Indigenous person to visit the lake, He originally named it Emerald Lake and promoted it the Canadian Pacific Railway as a development opportunity. The CPR re-named the lake Lake Louise, after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the wife of the Marquess of Lorne, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878-1883.  The Canadian Pacific Railway built Chateau Lake Louise on Lake Louise's eastern shore in 1890. It was winterized in 1982. Lake Louise is a popular destination all year round. In the winter, skiing, ice skating, sleigh rides, ice sculpture contests, and snowshoeing are popular activities. In the summer, canoeing, horseback riding, mountain biking, and hiking are popular activities.  The lake is two kilometres long and half a kilometre wide. The...

Great photo of an Asian elephant. They have trunks of up to two metres in length, which can twist freely, just like hands of a human. Elephants can used their trunks to drink water, roll up food, and even grip branches of tall trees.  Asian elephants are Asia's largest land animal. They are highly intelligent and self-aware, and can display behaviours associated with grief, learning, and greeting. They are found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia, from India in the west, to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south.  Asian elephants have been listed as endangered since 1986. It is threatened by loss of habitat, habitat degradation, fragmentation, and poaching. 

The Wadden Sea (Waddenzee) is an intertidal zone in southeastern part of the North Sea. The Dutch and German parts of the Wadden Sea were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2009. 

Brea is a city about 50 kilometres southeast of Los Angeles. Almost 50 000 people called Brea home. Brea began as a centre of crude oil production, and later by citrus production. 

A great first day cover from 20 March 1996 of the Official Souvenir Postcard issued by the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong.  The 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, United States. There were 10 318 athletes, in 271 events, from 197 National Olympics Committees.  Athens was the popular choice to host the centennial games, but their bid was described as "arrogant and poorly prepared," being regarded as "not being up to the task of coping with the modern and risk-prone extravaganza" of the current Games. Athens also faced political instability, potential security problems, air pollution, traffic congestion, and the fact they would have to spend US$3 billion to improve its infrastructure of airports, roads, rail lines, and other amenities. Athens would be awarded the 2004 games.  Toronto finished third in voting, followed by Melbourne, Manchester, and Belgrade.  The United States won the most medals, with Canada finishing 21st. Hong K...