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In the corner of a small lake in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka I came across this delightful 3rd Century BC rock carving of a Smiling Elephant. It is so wonderfully 'cartoonish' that it set me thinking about the sculptor who clearly had a great sense of humor.

After an unusually long and cold winter in most of North America, spring has finally arrived, even in Canada!   A photo gallery to share the coming of the flowers!  A celebration of the season as seen in my backyard in Calgary...

  Visitors on the campus of Barcelona's pioneering Sant Pau Hospital, built at the turn of the 20th century under the direction of architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, who worked to make the hospital not only beautiful, but functional and safe...

No, not a king's arboretum, or the Budapest palm house. And not in the Mid-Atlantic region. PortMoresby came closest when she suggested an airport, possibly in southern Spain. It's actually the main long-distance waiting room of Madrid's Atocha...

After an expenditure of 2.5 billion pounds (4.2 billion US$), a remodeled and modernized Terminal 2 at Heathrow opens today.  While not expanding the capacity of the airport, the terminal is intended to speed transit through the airport for those...

Following the "more than Manhattan" theme of the piece below, here are three current exhibits worth visiting at The Brooklyn Museum (America's most over-shadowed major museum) this season—but for one, you'll have to hurry, because it ends July...

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told an NYU Hospitality Conference that the city's tourism business is blooming, but the industry needs to help people find the out-of-Manhattan treasures that can build even more business. He pointed out not only new...

Tokyo's Disneyland has edged past the original Anaheim, CA Disneyland to become the world's second-most-popular theme park.

My discovery of the Kennet & Avon Canal was a revelation. Id been confronted with a dilemma, the fact that I loved walking in the English countryside but had come to the conclusion that I could no longer take on the hills comfortably. Bath is the end point of more than 100 miles of the Cotswold Way and Id completed it in 3 trips. The last section left me wondering if my walking days were over.

One of my favourite creatures that are around during the summer months are the Humming Birds.  While taking photos of them, I would occasionally try to get one to perch on my finger.  I would stand, perfectly still, under the feeder and...

            The island nation of Malta became part of the British Empire in 1800 after the French were driven out in 1799. They gained their independence in 1964 and the last of the British forces and other personnel left...

Join Gutterpup for an enlightening and puzzling experience with the works of the Spanish surrealist