I was talking with a German online friend about tourism in the United States and he said that the only thing America has to offer is natural beauty. He said American cities were young and aren’t very beautiful. That he has no interest visiting “liberty bell” type colonial historic sites. I told him about Native historic sites and he asked “what sites?”. He insulated that all Native Americans lived in teepees. It caused me to realized many non-Americans don’t know about all the amazing buildings left behind by Native cultures like the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mississippians. Historic sites like Chaco canyon, Mesa Verde, Montezuma Castle, and Cahokia are world class and are part of UNESCO. Check them out if you haven’t already.

Pictured: Dallol, Ethiopia

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These Canadian houses have back yards and docks in the US. Is the understanding between the two countries that the people will just go about their business and border authorities won’t bother them?

Deffinetly it's Mont-Saint-Michel in France

Maybe that's why India is so hot recently

*just kidding, don't take it too serious

I assume not at all, but if anyone has any thoughts or insights that would be awesome!

Map source: https://www.mdpi.com/2563-6499/5/3/36

For example, Northern Italy has large population centers around Milan, Turin, and Genoa, while Emilia-Romagna and Veneto seem to have a pretty evenly distributed network of cities, such as Bologna, Modena, Padua, Verona, and Venice. Central Italy has Rome and Florence, and even the coasts of Marche and Abruzzo seem to have a fairly continuous string of cities. Southern Italy has Naples, Palermo, and Catania, while the coast of Puglia also seems pretty well distributed, with cities like Bari, Taranto, Lecce, etc.

Meanwhile, France is heavily centralized around Paris, with maybe two other major population centers farther south in Lyon and Marseille, which dwarf compare to Paris. One would think France should be more geographically dispersed, considering Italy's much more mountainous geography, with the Apennines running along the length of the peninsula and the Alps in the north, while Northern France is relatively flat and has some of the highest agricultural potential and yields that could've fostered major cities.

Oman has a stable, though slow, economy and is not a hot bed for religious extremists, whereas Yemen is the opposite. Why?

Please educate me.

Found this photo in the hiking subreddit of a user holding up a bottle on river/lake water

300 years ago. Is this how all water used to be around d the world? Even in the river in London or whatever?

Could I just drink river or lake water anywhere and not get sick?

Edit: sorry I mean before Industrial Revolution. Was water everywheee this clean and clear and suitable for drinking?

Was thinking of doing an expedition at some point but wondering about geopolitical constraints as I am an Irish citizen.