3153 - Bigfork, Montana, USA

Bigfork is a small town of 5100 people located where the Flathead River and Swan River flow into the Flathead Lake. Tourists come to Bigfork to golf, hike, and play water sports. There is an active fine arts community in Bigfork as well. The Bigfork Independent Film Festival is held in the autumn and features Montana made films and Montana filmmakers are recognized.

The photo is an Ansel Adams photograph from 1968 and is called Half Dome and Clouds, Yosemite National Park. Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in California. The one side is a sheer face, and the other three sides are smooth and round. Thousands of hikers a year ascend to the peak using a 13.7 km trail from the valley floor. It's not an easy hike and includes several hundred feet of granite stairs. There are also a dozen rock climbing routes to the top as well.

Interestingly, Ansel Adams, the photographer, had his ashes scattered on Half Dome.

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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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