Sign for Dismal Swamp entrance by greatgrandmaR Star this if you like it!
More photos from USA
I've visited the 9/11 Memorial a couple of times so skipped it on this trip; One World Trade Center (ie Freedom Tower) is still jaw-dropping as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere (the same architect designed Willis Tower and Burj Khalifa)
The cholla cactus has been nicknamed the teddy bear cactus due to it’s friendly look but do not be fooled!; also known as the jumping cactus, the chollas have a way of snagging feet and legs with thorns that are difficult to extract
The Quilt Garden represents an interpretation of a handicraft common in the Southern Appalachian region; this garden uses the Log Cabin block pattern
Church of the Covenant, an 1867 Gothic Revival masterpiece, has one of the largest collections of liturgical windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the country; its 236 foot steeple is the tallest in Boston
