3919 - Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

The sender is from Mülheim an der Ruhr, a city on the Ruhr with about 170 000 people.

The card comes from New York City and is a photo of the clock of the Grand Central Terminal. The Grand Central Terminal is a commuter train terminal locked in Midtown Manhattan. It is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines, which serve the northern parts of the New York Metropolitan Area. There is also a connection to the Long Island Rail Road. It is the third busiest train station in North America, behind New York Penn Station and Toronto Union Station.

It is a U. S. National Historic Landmark. There are many works of art incorporated in and around the station. It is the world's ten most-visited tourist attractions, with 21.6 million visitors in 2018. This does not include train and subway passengers. Its been featured in many films and television programmes. In the building is a library, event Hall, tennis club, control centre, and offices for the railroad.

There are 44 train platforms for six tracks. There are 67 tracks, 57 of which are passenger tracks (30 on the upper level and 26 on the lower level).

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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.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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