#exploreca

If you had to take another direction in life, where would you go? . . . . . . #travelab #exploreab #exploreca #exploreearth #albertarockies #icefieldsparkway #amazingearth #awesome_earthpixx #earthly #earthytones #exploretogether #exploretoshare #exploretoinspire #exploringearth #alwaysexplore #sonyalpha6600 (at Icefields Parkway, Banff, Alberta, Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJEipGBgRhN/?igshid=nnq4rpxsb5fj

A culvert under the railroad tracks, dated 1928, at Mojave National Preserve in #California. The railway began as the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad. Before it was even completed in 1905, the Union Pacific Railroad acquired interest in the route to access the rich markets and ports around Los Angeles. Eventually, Union Pacific gained full ownership of the line. #ca #cahistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps #goparks #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #explore #exploreca #mojavenationalpreserve #mojavedesert #trains #train #train_nerds #trains_worldwide #railfan #rsa_theyards #FindYourPark #unionpacific #culvert (at Mojave National Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/BviCYvMH7fl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jn1ufpujdb5f

Happy trails to you 🗺🌲⛰🏕🌎🐾 Guest-a-gram goes to @thesavytraveler + @adancersplate exploring Yosemite National Park, California! Always stay #in2nature | #yosemite #ynp #wheretonext #exploreca (at Yosemite National Park)

Today was cloudy, chilly, and rainy in #NewJersey. So here is a bright and sunny memory from 2015 when I visited the Gamble House in Pasadena, #California. It was designed by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene of the architectural firm Greene and Greene. It was constructed 1908 - 1909 as a winter home for David B. Gamble of the Procter & Gamble Company. It is considered an Arts and Crafts masterpiece, featuring a strong traditional Japanese influence. Inside the house, it was built using multiple kinds of wood; teak, maple, oak, Port Orford cedar, and mahogany. In 1966, heirs Cecil and Louise Gamble turned the house over to the city of Pasadena in a joint agreement with the University of Southern California School of Architecture. The Gamble House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. #ca #cahistory #historygirl #spreadthehistory #architecture #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #travelblog #travelblogger #blog #blogger #beautiful #americathebeautiful #vacation #explore #exploreca #jerseycollective #igersca #pasadena #pasadenaca #gamblehouse #thegablehouse #artsandcraftsstyle #historiclandmark #backtothefuturehouse #visitpasadena #iconichouses (at The Gamble House) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnfVfMOhDz0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mx81so27otwa

Today in history: @joshuatreenps in Riverside County and San Bernardino County, #California was declared a U.S. National Monument #OTD August 10, 1936 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was redesignated a National Park on October 31, 1994. After boundary expansions in 1950 and 1994, today the park covers 1,235.37 square miles, slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island and is named for the Joshua trees which are native to the park. The park encompasses parts of two deserts: the higher Mojave Desert and lower Colorado #Desert. If you are wondering how the Joshua tree was named, according to legend, Mormon pioneers in the mid-nineteenth century considered the limbs of the Joshua trees to resemble the upstretched arms of Joshua leading them to the promised land. Since then, the name has stuck. #ca #FindYourPark #nps #nationalpark #nps101 #pahistory #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #historygirl #roadtrip #igersca #exploreca #SpreadTheHistory #nationalparkservice #goparks #nationalparkgeek #joshuatree #joshuatreenationalpark #mojavedesert #coloradodesert #nature #skullrock #cactus #ilovejoshuatree (at Joshua Tree National Park)

Today we celebrate Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day. Decoration Day was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, although over two dozen cities and towns lay claim to being the birthplace of this holiday. It was a day to honor Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers by placing flowers on their graves. This photo was taken at San Francisco National Cemetery in San Francisco, #California. #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #history #travelblog #travelblogger #blogger #blog #ushistory #americanhistory #jerseycollective #ipulledoverforthis #exploreca #memorialday #mdw2018 #decorationday #gravestones #militaryhistory #cemeteriesofinstagram #taphophile #taphophiles_only #cemetery_shots #aj_graveyards #rememberme (at San Francisco National Cemetery)

A shot of the cell block on #AlcatrazIsland in San Francisco, #California. #ca #cahistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #ggnra #alcatraz #goparks #FindYourPark #nps101 #nps #nationalparkgeek #smallparksaturday #travelblog #travelblogger #blogger #blog #ushistory #americanhistory #exploreca #nationalparkservice #prisoncell #inmate #cellblock (at Alcatraz Prision)

#tombstonetuesday The final resting place of Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989 at at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, #California. During the course of her career, Davis appeared in over 100 films and received two Oscars and three Emmy awards. A few of her major motion pictures include, "Dangerous" (1935), "Jezebel" (1938), "The Virgin Queen" (1955), "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962) and "Hush, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964). She was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen, and was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1962, Davis became the first person to secure 10 Academy Award nominations for acting. Since then, only three people have surpassed this figure; Meryl Streep (with 20 nominations and three wins), Katharine Hepburn (12 nominations and four wins), and Jack Nicholson (12 nominations and three wins). #cahistory #SpreadTheHistory #cemetery #cemetery_shots #aj_graveyards #rememberme #grave #graveyard #graveyard_dead #blog #blogger #travelblog #travelblogger #memorial #mementomori #historygirl #history #exploreca #igersca #taphophile #taphophiles_only #losangeles #losangelesca #forestlawn #hollywoodhills #bettedavis (at Forest Lawn Memorial Park)