The World's Most Beautiful Places
Squirrel on an Acorn Ice Sculpture illuminated in red at night. 2010 World Ice Art Championships February 20-March 28, 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska. Single-Block Realism Category
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.
Developed in the 1880’s the Salt Lake Valley is noted for its extensive irrigation canals, that convey water from mountain streams and Utah Lake throughout the valley using a series of canals running parallel to the Jordan River. The picture above is from West Jordan during the winter time, after the fall harvest when water is no longer needed. While in the past the water was used primarily for growing crops, now serves a largely residential homes, with orchards, lawns, landscaping and gardens.
An interior stairway of the World War Memorial, leading to the shrine room. The Indiana World War Memorial was built in 1924, as the centerpiece of a five city block plaza intended to honor the veterans of World War I. The construction of the plaza was in part intended to draw the newly formed American Legion, a non-profit organization dedicated to US war veterans, to establish its permanent headquarters in Indianapolis.
The World War Memorial was modeled after the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the original seven wonders of the world, located in Anatolia (now Turkey). The modern use of the term mausoleum comes from this tomb, and the ruler it was built for, Mausolus.