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Our world is a pretty special place, full of breathtaking sights, awesome people, vibrant plants, and majestic wildlife. However, we tend to take it for granted, forgetting how incredible it is.
Ancestral Puebloans spanned Northern Arizona and New Mexico, Southern Colorado and Utah, and a part of Southeastern Nevada. They primarily lived north of the Patayan, Sinagua, Hohokam, Trincheras, Mogollon, and Casas Grandes cultures of the Southwest [1] and south of the Fremont culture of the Great Basin.
In 1983, Morse moved to Florida to take over his father's business selling vacant lots to mobile home owners. Morse instead decided to build homes, restaurants, pools, and golf courses, and by 1986, Morse was selling more than 500 homes per year. In 2011, the Holding Company of the Villages Ltd. generated at least $550 million in revenue.
The village of Real de Catorce sits on the side of a mountain at more than 2,743 meters (9,000 ft). It is located in the Sierra de Catorce range, one of the highest plateaus in Mexico, where summits may extend over 10,000 feet (3,000 m).
Kolmanskop is popular with photographers for its settings of the desert sands reclaiming this once-thriving town, and the arid climate preserving the traditional Edwardian architecture in the area. Due to its location within the restricted area ( Sperrgebiet ) of the Namib desert, tourists need a permit to enter the town.
Erbent (also known as Yerbent or Ýerbent) is a village in Ahal Province in central Turkmenistan. [1] The village is located in the Karakum Desert. [2] It is the largest settlement on the road between Ashgabat and Daşoguz, which are located near the southern and northern border of the country respectively.
The magazine focused on the desert country of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, and covered a broad range of desert subjects including: regional travel and exploration; the visual arts of painting, drawing, and photography; prose and literature; cultural history; prospecting and mining; natural history including geology, wildlife, and flora; river running, and lifestyle ...
The town itself is based on the census-designated place of Hanapepe, Hawai’i along the southern shores of the real life Kauai. [5] Konohagakure, Land of Fire Naruto: TV Tokyo: Literally Village Hidden by Tree Leaves. A fictional village where kids learned to be ninjas, and instead of a president, mayor, etc., there is a hokage. L ; Lake ...