The picturesque Bow Bridge in New York’s Central Park is the site of many a romantic moment – both on screen and off. The cast iron bridge has served as a filming location in movies such as Spider-Man 3, The Way We Were – starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford – and the Woody Allen-directed Manhattan. One of 36 bridges and arches here at Central Park, it was designed in 1862, in part by Calvert Vaux, who is famous for co-designing Central Park along with Frederick Law Olmsted. Years later it’s still inspiring romance.
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The jigsaw coastline of Point Arena, a small coastal city in Mendocino County, California, nearly demands a lighthouse to warn ships away from the danger. Luckily, the Point Arena Light has been on the job since 1870. After the original tower was damaged by an earthquake in 1906, a new lighthouse, standing 115 feet tall, was built and began operation in 1908. Today, visitors can tour the lighthouse and pop into its small museum and gift shop.
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March 21 is the International Day of Forests, which highlights the important role that trees and their forest ecosystems play in creating a healthy environment. Here at the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park in California, United States, the giant coastal redwoods – plus a variety of other trees, shrubs, bushes, flowers, ferns, mosses and lichens – provide a haven for many creatures, even the small and slimy. This is banana slug territory and visitors are likely to encounter the bright yellow slug – the largest slug in North America – as they journey through the park.
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You’re looking at a satellite view of Florida’s Everglades, the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. It’s not a static wetland, but rather a ‘river of grass’, a slow-moving river 60 miles wide and 100 miles long. Keep zooming in and you’ll likely see mangrove trees, tropical birds and an alligator or two. Among the myriad interesting things about this unique and fragile ecosystem – it’s the only place in the world where American alligators and American crocodiles co-exist. How do you tell the difference between the two? Well, you see one later and the other after a while.
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If you can tear yourself away from this glimpse of the Milky Way and make your way ashore, Bar Harbor awaits. The coastal town is a haven for tourists who come to Mount Desert Island in Maine, north-east United States. And, since you’re here, you might as well venture into Acadia National Park, which essentially hugs Bar Harbor. The park comprises 47,000 acres of land along the Atlantic coastline and attracts over three million visitors per year.
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