4077 - Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Monschau is a small resort town in western Germany. There is a historic town centre which has many half-timbered houses and narrow streets which have remained unchanged for about 300 years.

Monschau Castle is found in the southern part of town. It was first recorded in 1217 as castrum in Munjoje by the Archbishop of Engelbert I of Cologne. It was expanded in the middle of the 1300s into a fortress for the counts of
Jülich and equipped with mighty ring walls and wall walks. It was beseiged by Emperor Charles V in 1543. The eventually captured it and plundered the castle and town. It was sold to a private buyer in 1836 who ordered the roofs removed to avoid paying a building tax. It fell into ruin until the government of the Rhine province secured and repaired it. A youth hostel was opened after the First World War. The youth hostel still operates today.

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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...

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!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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

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