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JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — California Dreamin’

Alexandria, Va., photographer recently traveled to the West Coast. Some of his time was spent in California, specifically Marin County, where he took in the sights in and around San Francisco, including Alcatraz Island and Muir Woods National Monument. Here are some of the images he captured.


JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — Cape Cod Getaway

Cape Cod, Mass., is a popular vacation destination during the summer months for people up and down the East Coast. Extending into the Atlantic Ocean and stretching from Provincetown in the northeast to Woods Hole in the southwest, Cape Cod is separated from the mainland by the Cape Cod Canal. Alexandria, Va., photographer recently spent some time on the Cape with his …

MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Great Lakes Lighthouse Tour

Lighthouse have been around for a few thousand years, guiding mariners at sea and inland waterways, marking dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals and reefs, providing safe entries to harbors. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and use of electronic navigational systems. Several are still being used on the Great Lakes. Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert and his …

MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — Mackinac Island

Grand Forks photographer Michael Bogert and his wife, Mary, recently returned from a trip to the Great Lakes area. Among their stops was Mackinac Island, which covers 3.8 square miles in land area in the state of Michigan. It is located in Lake Huron, at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.

KELLY HAGEN: That’s So Hagen — Business Travelers Have To Know How To Play The Part

When you think about it, pretty much all work involves travel. Unless you work at home. But, even then, you probably have to pull yourself out of bed to get to whatever it is you do. Unless you’re a paid tester for bed mattresses. But I assume there’s some kind of process by which you send in your reports. Maybe …

MICHAEL BOGERT: Photo Gallery — New Mexico Majesty

Photographer Mike Bogert was born and raised in Grand Forks, N.D., at the bottom of the Red River Valley. The Red River was his backyard, and yes, he could see Minnesota from there. He was obsessed with photographing the mountains in and around Alamogordo, N.M., on a recent trip. Here is a small sampling of the multitude of pictures Mike took while there.

RUSS HONS: Photo Gallery — On The Road To Cancun

Photographer Russ Hons and his wife, Paulette, recently returned home from a trip to Cancun, Mexico, where they were attending a wedding of some friends. Russ, as usual, had his camera in tow, and the result is this lovely set of photos from the popular Mexican resort site. Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.

NANCY EDMONDS HANSON: After Thought — Fear Of (Not) Flying

I’ve always been jumpy about airplanes. I don’t like being herded into the chute and bumped around by invisible forces, and my seat always seems to fall between people with oversized elbows. But now, I’ve found something even worse to worry about: Fear of not flying. Picture this scene. It’s 5:45 on a pitch-black December morn, and Fargo’s Hector Airport is packed …

JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — Renwick Gallery

Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson recently visited the newly renovated Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., which had been closed for about 18 months. Home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s craft and decorative arts program, Renwick is located across from the White House at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in downtown Washington, D.C. The renovation has carefully restored …

JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park with photographer Jeff Olson. The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. The border between North Carolina and Tennessee runs northeast to southwest through the centerline of the park. It is the most visited national park in …

DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — Greek Life, Fall 2015

Here are a few more images of Greek life from Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland who recently returned from a visit there. Among them is a night view of the Acropolis, which shows scaffolding that is being used by experts carrying out ever more sophisticated preservation of this icon of Western culture; sculpted lions, weathered by centuries of exposure to the elements, …

DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — The Greek Isles Of Delos, Naxos And Mykonos

  Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland’s most recent travels in Greece took him to ancient Greek and Roman ruins on the island of Delos. He also visited  the isles of Naxos and Mykonos, where he spotted a bar that seemed to pay tribute, sort of, to Jackie Kennedy, who was romanced there and eventually married by tycoon Aristotle Onassis several years after the assassination …

DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — Isle Of Santorini

Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland’s recent travels took him to Santorini, one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. Santorini was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century B.C., which forever shaped its rugged landscape and villages. Santorini has two main towns,  including Oia, where whitewashed, cubist houses cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater) and overlook the clear …

DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — Isle Of Crete

Crete is the largest and the most populous of the Greek islands and the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is the harbor city of Heraklion, where the Historical Museum of Crete is located. Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland visited the island recently, capturing photos of museum, where artifacts from 1600 B.C. are stored, as well as the …

DAVE VORLAND: Photo Gallery — A Greece Adventure

Bloomington, Minn., photographer Dave Vorland captured these scenes on his recent trip to Greece. They include views of a sunset along the sea at the town of Chania on the Island of Crete,  the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, the Olympic track at the archaeological site of Olympia, the theatre at Epidavrus in the Peloponnes west of Athens and the Acropolis.

JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — France Countryside, Summer 2015, Part 9

The Château de Chenonceau is one of the best-known chateaux of the Loire Valley in France, and that is where Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson’s travels took him Wednesday. Located near the small village of Chenonceaux in the Indre-et-Loire department, the chateau was first mentioned in writing in the 11th century. The current château was built in 1514–1522 on the …

JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — France Countryside, Summer 2015, Part 8

Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson’s most recent day touring the French countryside included visiting Font-de-Gaume, a cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne department of southwest France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period. His day ended at Château de Beynac, a castle where Richard the Lionheart lived in the 12th century. The castle is one of the …

JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — France Countryside, Summer 2015, Part 7

The Tuesday market in Le Bugue — that’s where Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson, his wife, Joanne Plager Burke Olson, and their other traveling companions spent their morning. Le Bugue, located on the banks of the Vézère River a few kilometers before the confluence of the Vézère with the Dordogne at Limeuil, is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. …

JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — France Countryside, Summer 2015, Part 5

Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson and his traveling companions, including his wife, Joanne Barclay Burke Plager, and Dean Plager and Barclay Jackson, has an “incredible day and tea in Salers, a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. It is famous for the Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée cheeses Cantal and Salers. It is also famous for the Salers breed of cattle …

JEFF OLSON: Photo Gallery — France Countryside, Summer 2015, Part 4

On his recent European trip to France, Alexandria, Va., photographer Jeff Olson ended his boat travel in Mâcon, a small city in east-central France in the department of Saône-et-Loire, located in Burgundy. From there, he and his group headed west by automobile to Massif Central, an elevated region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateau with numerous castles and parks. Their …

JOE GREENWOOD: 20,000 Leagues Into The Sky — A Drive Through Pembina Gorge

A wintry February drive through the Pembina Gorge in northeastern North Dakota entertains this midday respite, listening to French-Canadian radio via Manitoba airwaves. Le touriste, indeed! Damien Robitaille – Le Touriste du Temps Le touriste du temps S’promène sur le calendrier Hier, vers le futur Demain, vers le passé S’il passe par mon époque, qu’il vienne frapper à ma porte …