3239 - Sacramento, California, United States of America

The sender is from Sacramento, but the card he sent is from Solvang. Solvang is found in Santa Barbara County and has a population of 6100 people. It brands itself as the Danish Capital of America.

In 1804 Mission Santa Inés was founded by the Spanish. A small community grew around the mission, but then was largely abandoned after the American Conquest of California. In 1911, Danish-Americans purchased 3600 hectares. The people wanted to get away from the Midwest winters. The community took on a distinctive Danish look beginning in 1947 and Solvang began calling itself the Danish Capital of America to attract tourists. Today on about 10% of the population is Danish. The town attracts many tourists from Scandinavian countries. The Danish Royal Family has also visited several times, the last being Prince Henrik in 2011.

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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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