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The first time I was in the Windy City, I never had the chance to see what’s inside the Art Institute of Chicago. Finally, I had the opportunity to visit the Institute and was left awed by its collection of arts. The Art Institute of Chicago is divided into 3…
Read moreApart from the list of awesome museums to visit in New Mexico, there are few places and attractions you might have missed to see because (1) they are quite far from the big cities and (2) you just have not heard or read anything about them. Below, I listed the…
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The community of buildings is called Earthship Biotecture. This unique community in Taos, New Mexico has 70 buildings (aka Earthship) and the number is still growing. Being environmentally-friendly, the structures are made of alternative building materials, such as adobe mud. Who started all this? Architect Michael Reynolds built his first…
Read moreI have traveled far and wide in New Mexico, visiting national monuments and parks and joining unusual celebrations. I had climbed cliffs, went down into deep caves, and even slid down white desert sands. While I am impressed with the natural wonders New Mexico has to offer, I am more…
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Being sparsely populated, the State of South Dakota is mostly covered by grasslands. And with the fertile flat plains covering almost 75% of the State, no wonder that the agriculture industry is expanding in the past decade. You will see the vast expanse of agriculture when road-tripping across this Midwestern…
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I had the chance to stroll stroll around New York City last January 2016 and visited three parks: the Washington Square Park, Union Square, and Madison Square Park. These parks are just few blocks away from each other and easily accessible if you are coming from Time Square. So, if…
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Busy and crazy. That is how I described my experience when I visited New York’s Time Square on New Year’s eve. Ten hours (yes, 10 hours!) before the famous ball drop in Time Square, the street was already packed with visitors and spectators. One lady I meet said that she…
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It was the idea of Archbishop John Hughes to build the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. When the construction was proposed, Archbishop Hughes said: “..for the glory of Almighty God, for the honor of the Blessed and Immaculate Virgin, for the exaltation of Holy Mother Church, for the…
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