3678 - Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands

Kampen is an old city found on the banks of the IJssel river. The name was first mentioned in documents in 1277, but there were already buidlings on the site. It grew quickly from a small town to a bustling trading town. In fact it became one of the most powerful and leading cities in northwestern Europe due to its location on the busy trade toute between Zuiderzee and the Rhine.

Today the remains of the old city wall still exist. The Bovenkerk, or Upper Church, also still exists. As with many of the large European cathedrals, the Bovenkerk took a few centuries to be completed. It started in the 12 century, and finished off in the second half of the 15th century.

There are many famous Dutch people buried under the church, including Hendrick Avercamp, who was one of the first landscape painters of the 17th century Dutch school. He specialized in Dutch landscapes in the winter.

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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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