Beautiful/historical city/place around your place

[indianvegan]

If you do have any beautiful/historical place around, you can share it here with some web link/ picture.



Maheshwar It has got Ahilya Fort on the bank of Narmada River. You will love the pictures.

Presentation of this fort and river is here

The person who made this site has been redesigning my website too. I hope it will come out nicely very shortly.


Manish Jain

[maya]

Capone Island.

http://www.royalpalm.com/news/10_03_04.html

They say that every September. I forgot the exact date. A ghost roams at Capone island. He supposedly is an Opera singer who was killed. He went looking for his wife. Who was kidnapped by Al Capone and they shot him. So sometime in September you can hear him singing early in the morning.

[indianvegan]

Maya, awesome place.

Again, here is another historical place Mandav, just 100 kms away from Indore in the State of Madhya Pradesh.


Manish Jain

[Kiran]

Manish, I have not been to North India much. I grew up in the south. I was in New Delhi for a while. But never really got a chance to explore. I would love to travel and admire the intricate beauty of many historic cities.

I need to make myself sometime to visit north India.

[herbwormwood]

If you do have any beautiful/historical place around, you can share it here with some web link/ picture.
Manish Jain

historical, definitely!
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/...rthern+England
I have posted a few of my own experiences on this site, on Yorkshire and Cleveland, and Durham and Northumbria. Look out for Herbwormwood!
Not as pretty as the Indian sites and much more muddy!

Also for my home town,
http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/...%20History.htm

[aubergine]

The first flushing toilet was installed in my old home town.

That is the sole thing it can claim to have achieved.

[Tigerlily]

Down the road from my place in the summer.

[maya]

http://www.beachbum.homestead.com/Li...boroInlet.html

I can see the Lighthouse light from my house.

[Roxy]

Maheshwar It has got Ahilya Fort on the bank of Narmada River. You will love the pictures.

Presentation of this fort and river is here

Hi Manish

That fort looks like a really beautiful, peaceful place to retreat to!

[Lyns]

Edinburgh is so baeutiful I love living here


Forth Bridge


This Arthur's Seat, which is a big hill (extinct volcano) right in the middle of the city, great for walking.


Edinburgh Castle

Here's the town I went to high school in, I'm a bit biased because my dad made this website and took all the photos!
http://www.cupartown.co.uk/in/index.cfm

[Yoggy]

I live an hour from Mauna Kea, the tallest and most sacred mountain in Hawaii, and home to 13 world class telescopes. It's said to be one of the best places on earth for observing!

Back home in Victoria, BC, we have the Butchart Gardens, a large, beautiful garden and very popular tourist attraction. Click on "click here to see more images" to see lots of beautiful photos of the flowers and plants. There are so many beautiful and historical places near Victoria that I can't count them all!

[indianvegan]

Awesome places !! thanks all of you.

*cyber travelling*can save valuable dollars.

Keep them coming !!

Manish Jain

[aubergine]

Leeds Castle is near(ish) me.

[Spiral]

The Long Man of Wilmington chalk hill figure and Battle Abbey where the Battle of Hastings took place are not far from me.


http://www.sussexpast.co.uk/property...php?site_id=13


http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Battle-Abbey.html

[mophoto]

can't compete with any of those places above, but i like my little city's history and my old home (1923)
http://info.detnews.com/history/stor...gory=locations

and no it doesn't smell like sulfer anymore.

[indianvegan]

Kanch Mandir ( glass temple) here in Indore :- A very famous Jain temple.

http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/~naik/kanchmdr.jpg

Outer side is huge. You can click to see bigger outer side.

http://joel.toonywood.org/photos/voy.../grand/145.jpg

My old office premises is 1 minute walking distance from this temple. I have spent 25 years of my life by living close to this temple area. It is in the heart of city area.

Manish Jain

[mophoto]

great thread manish

i find it funny that i live in an old city in michigan and that is like a tiny grain of dust to what you get to see everyday. beautiful.

[indianvegan]

I hope you would like another place in my city. It is called as Rajwada ( a place where king lives) but now a days it is empty.


Manish Jain

[mophoto]

I hope you would like another place in my city. It is called as Rajwada ( a place where king lives) but now a days it is empty.


Manish Jain

in my city we just had a minor victory regarding a bank built in the 1960's by some famous architect (kessler?) the city was going to tear it down and literally put up a parking lot. what is india going to do with that place?? certainly not put up a parking lot!

[indianvegan]

NO WAY ! In India, historical assets are real assets for us.

Manish Jain

[stef]

Robin Hood's Bay

[veggiesosage]

Oh wow, I love snowy seaside photos!

[stef]

I only moved here recently and a couple of weeks ago was the first time I'd ever seen snow on a beach..........so I took loads of photos

[Geoff]

There's nothing REALLY historic in Australia as it's only been inhabited for a bit over 200 years.

[Roxy]

Yes, but surely the Aboriginies have some historic sites. Like Uluru.

[herbwormwood]

great thread manish

i find it funny that i live in an old city in michigan and that is like a tiny grain of dust to what you get to see everyday. beautiful.

Have you got any historic forests near you? I would like some pics if you have. Beautiful/historic places don't have to include buildings.

[herbwormwood]

Robin Hood's Bay

very nice pictures. I was born about 10 miles from there but have since moved away. Unfortunately that area is so popular with visitors now it is becoming very touristy. There is a vegan guest house on that photo, if anyone is interested pm me and I will send details.

[herbwormwood]

There's nothing REALLY historic in Australia as it's only been inhabited for a bit over 200 years.

by white people? Come on Geoff, are you serious?

[Poison Ivy]

The only really place with any history around here is Roche Abbey

http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/gallery/roche/index.htm

unfortunately it's part of the estate of Lord Scarborough (who sanctions Grouse shooting on his land ) so shan't be visiting it anymore unfortunately - which is a shame as it's really beautiful

[puffin]

I live in a pretty crap city but we do have this http://www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/ It's very beautiful inside and out.

[Hemlock]

Me and Spiral must live on each others doorsteps then because the Long man of Wilmington is only about half a mile from my house

[big kahuna burg]

Wow, Toronto is so boring campared to some of these places!

Go north about 1/2 hour is one of my favorite places, the Forks of the Credit River.

Great for hiking, cycling and twisty roads for driving.

[Geoff]

by white people? Come on Geoff, are you serious?

Of course I'm serious. If Australia had been inhabited at the time of Cook's arrival it could not have been claimed under international law ('terra nullius') whereby land could be 'occupied for the first time by another country and so brought under that country's ownership.' (OED)
Are you seriously suggesting that the British would lie about such a thing and occupy a country illegally?

[mophoto]

that looks great, big kahuna- i'll have to make a side trip next time i'm in toronto

[mophoto]

come on goeff,
need some australia pics on here too

[herbwormwood]

Of course I'm serious. If Australia had been inhabited at the time of Cook's arrival it could not have been claimed under international law ('terra nullius') whereby land could be 'occupied for the first time by another country and so brought under that country's ownership.' (OED)
Are you seriously suggesting that the British would lie about such a thing and occupy a country illegally?

How odd.
I suppose America was also uninhabited at the time of Christopher Columbus?
" One of the most significant dates during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs was 12th October 1492: the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus."
http://www.sispain.org/english/history/discover.html

It appears from this Australian website
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov....ralianhistory/
that the settlers did not believe Australia to be uninhabited at all.
Come on Geoff, appease me please by posting some Aboriginal historical sites and say what period they date from. Its a challenge, Geoff. I dare you!

[feral]

Well living in Ireland, there's history and beauty almost everywhere you look but one of our most famous and strange ones has to be the Giant's Causeway http://www.northantrim.com/giantscauseway.htm

[cedarblue]

what a great thread - thanks manish

there some fabulous pictures here of around the globe!

[TofurkyZombie]

You guys in the UK are so lucky to live amongst such beautiful old buildings!! The only old things around here are old grain towers that the trains pulled into and they aren't pretty in the slightest. I wish I had such beautiful places to visit so close to home. Lucky lucky!

[mophoto]

tz,

i see you live in alberta.. that place is amazing. you have mountains near by!!!!!!! if you don't post some lovely pics of alberta, i will

[mophoto]

amazing pic, vs
overcast days seem to produce the most clarity it a photo

[indianvegan]

Ranakpur Jain Temple in Rajasthan.Tbis is about 300 miles away from my city.

Outer view--

http://www.indianvegan.com/iv/myfreedom/Ranakapur-1.jpg

http://www.indianvegan.com/iv/myfreedom/Ranakapur-2.jpg


Manish Jain

[indianvegan]

Delwara Jain Temple at Mount Abu close to Udaipur city in Rajasthan--


Manish Jain

[veggiewoman]

http://www.vryork.com/minster/minster_index.html take a virtual tour of YORK MINSTER , I could carry on for hours puttin up photos of York and North Yorkshire, but these should give you an idea of why it is such a tourist hot spot.

[Blueshark]

Lovely Cathedral

[puffin]

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[Kiran]

VeggieWoman, I have been to York a couple of times. Such a small town and very beautiful. The York Minster is amazing. I went there last year with my Australian friend. We took the guided tour of the Minster, and we could note the very intricate and delicate structure. The guide pointed us the set of goof-ups that the architects made when the minster was being constructed. For example, the curved roof.

There is so much to learn in such a small place. I would like to go again soon. It is not far from Leeds.

[veggiewoman]

VeggieWoman, I have been to York a couple of times. Such a small town and very beautiful. The York Minster is amazing. I went there last year with my Australian friend. We took the guided tour of the Minster, and we could note the very intricate and delicate structure. The guide pointed us the set of goof-ups that the architects made when the minster was being constructed. For example, the curved roof.

There is so much to learn in such a small place. I would like to go again soon. It is not far from Leeds.

hello, thx for the message , no York is not far from Leeds. I make the train journey almost evrey weekend now and takes about 25minutes one train.
When I 1st came to York I fell in love with it straight away, its got teh history and also very modern up to date life styles all rolled into one.

[Kiran]

no York is not far from Leeds.

Yeah... thats what I said.! Leeds to York takes about 45 mins by bus. I have some York pics... I will put them up in the evening. Cool place.

[maya]

The Florida Keys. Beautiful!


http://www.stanford.edu/~sarge/photo...harterView.JPG