The World's Most Beautiful Places
A view of the Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial, on the grounds of the old Jefferson County Courthouse in Louisville. The memorial was dedicated on Veterans Day in 2001, to honor all of the Medal Honor winners who were born in the state of Kentucky. The memorial depicts a life-size bronze statue of Medal of Honor recipient John C. Squires, who was killed in Italy during World War II.
Saltwater Safari Ice Sculpture, 2010 World Ice Art Championships February 20-March 28, 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska. Multi-Block Champion for Realism.
An ice sculpture of a Lion Fish and a tropical coral reef, illuminated at night in a variety of different colors.
The World Ice Art Championship, is an event held each spring in Fairbanks, Alaska. Sculptors from around the world come to the interior of Alaska to compete in both a small block and large block ice carving competition.
An old Kentucky Tobacco Barn found west of Maysville, in a farmer’s field. At one time tobacco was one of the main industries in the state, and as late as the 1920’s it was the country largest producer of tobacco. Today it remains the largest producer of burley and dark tobacco and a distant second in production by state, behind North Carolina. But as most know, due to health concerns and changing life styles of America, it is a largely dying industry. And this barn, aged and crumbling reflects a changing of the times.
One interesting question often asked about these barns is why are they are almost all black. The black color more effectively traps the heat of the sun, which helps in the drying of the tobacco leaves. And creosote, from which the black color comes, was readily available to farmers.