2431 - Norridgewock, Maine, USA

Norridgewock is a small town of just under 3400 people, on the Kennebec River. New France defined the border of New England and Acadia as the Kennebec River.

Rebecca's card is of the Portland Head Light, on C
ape Elizabeth. The lighthouse sits on the land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor. It was completed in 1791 and is the oldest lighthouse in Maine. The lighthouse is automated today and maintained by the US Coast Guard. It was George Washington who order the lighthouse built.

The lighthouse is listed as a US National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was first lit in 1791; automated in 1989, and sits at 31 meters in height. The light has a range of 44 km.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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