Loupaper stationery - Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779 when this territory was still considered part of North Carolina. The city grew quickly due to its strategic location as a port on the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad centre. 

 

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge - Contreras, New Mexico

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is located in San Antonio, Socorro County, New Mexico. Situated between the Chupadera Mountains to the west and the San Pascual Mountains to the east, the 57,331-acre Bosque del Apache was established in 1939 to provide a critical stopover site for migrating waterfowl. The refuge is well known for the tens of thousands of cranes, geese, and ducks who winter here each year. Over 30,000 acres of Bosque del Apache are designated wilderness.

 

Empire Beach in Michigan - South Portland, Maine

Located a block from downtown Empire City, Empire Beach is a section of beach that National Geographic named one of the top 21 beaches in the world; “pure fresh water and 450-foot bluffs mean eyes-open swimming and vast views over Lake Michigan.”

 

"Bag Ladies" photo by Peter Patau - Talkeetna, Alaska

Talkeetna began in 1916 when the area was chosen as a district headquarters for the Alaska Railroad. A post office opened as well as a sawmill, trading post, cigar and donkey store and other businesses as well as many cabins. Talkeetna is the base for expeditions to Denali (also known as Mount McKinley). Tourists travel to Talkeetna each summer to fish salmon, raft and go flightseeing. 

 

200 years since the first balloon flight Maxicard 1984 - McLean, Virginia

The picture depicts the first manned balloon ascent in Austria, which was carried out by Johann Georg Stuwer (1732-1802).

On July 6, 1784, Johann Georg Stuwer ascended a hot-air balloon of his design from his fireworks display, marking the beginning of manned aviation in Austria. Instead of a basket, Stuwer had a "large wooden ship" attached. On board, along with Stuwer, were his son Kaspar, his assistants Michael Schmalz and Johann Hiller, and the architect Daniel Hakmillner. 15,000 spectators watched the spectacle. After the successful ascent, the balloon was pulled down again and the evening concluded with the allegorical fireworks display "Monument of Honor to the Invention of Mr. Montgolfier."

 

Mount McKinley National Park - Bemidji, Minnesota

Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is an American national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska, centred on Denali, the highest mountain in North America. Denali's landscape is a mix of forest at the lowest elevations, including deciduous taiga, with tundra at middle elevations, and glaciers, snow, and bare rock at the highest elevations. 

 

Dahlia "Punkin Spice" - Minneapolis, Minnesota

This beauty boasts glowing orange blooms, some with raspberry undertones and others with hints of gold and red. Petals are laciniated at the tip, giving the flowers an almost fuzzy quality. Their lush growth requires extra support. Dahlias don’t unfurl much once they’ve been harvested so it’s important to not pick them too early. Harvest when blooms are three-quarters of the way open, but not overly ripe.

 

Winter view - Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the most populous city in the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, part of the Salt River Valley. Phoenix was settled in 1867 as an agricultural community near the confluence of the Salt and Gila Rivers and was incorporated as a city in 1881. It is in the northeastern reaches of the Sonoran Desert and has a hot desert climate.

 

Tasman Empire Airways - Greensboro, North Carolina

Airplane (Short S.30 Empire Flying Boat, registration number ZK-AMA, "Aotearoa") flies over the hemisphere showing Eurasia, Africa, and Australia routes with connections with Imperial Airways routes; yellow, red, blue, and white ink on paper. 

 

Union Station in Saint Louis - Johnstown, Pennsylvania

St. Louis Union Station is a National Historic Landmark and former train station in St. Louis, Missouri. At its 1894 opening, the station was the largest in the world that had tracks and passenger service areas all on one level. Traffic peaked at 100,000 people a day in the 1940s. The last Amtrak passenger train left the station in 1978.

 

Mount Hood - San Diego, California

Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. In addition to being Oregon's highest mountain, it is one of the loftiest mountains in the nation based on its prominence, and it offers the only year-round lift-served skiing in North America.

 

Simon Kenton Shrine - Washington, Kentucky

Located in one of the oldest historic villages in Kentucky, the Simon Kenton Shrine is an authentic log cabin built in the 1790s. Named to honour Simon Kenton, who once owned a store in Washington, the place houses farm implements, tools, household goods, and other items available at a frontier store.

 

Loupaper Arkansas - Los Angeles, California

Arkansas is the 29th largest by area and the 34th most populous state, with a population of just over 3 million at the 2020 census. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, in the central part of the state, a hub for transportation, business, culture, and government.

 

Lindbergh Field International Airport - San Diego, California

San Diego International Airport is the busiest single-runway airport in the world. The airport's landing approach is well known for its close proximity to the skyscrapers of Downtown San Diego, and can sometimes prove difficult to pilots for the relatively short usable landing area, steep descent angle over the crest of Bankers Hill, and shifting wind currents just before landing.

 

Petrified Forest National Park - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Petrified Forest National Park is an American national park in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about 900 square kilometers, encompassing semi-desert shrub steppe as well as highly eroded and colorful badlands. 

 

State Map Oklahoma - Livingston, New Jersey

The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw language phrase okla, 'people', and humma, translated as 'red'. Choctaw Nation Chief Allen Wright suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations with the federal government on the use of Indian Territory.

 

Mount Rushmore - Carol Stream, Illinois

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum.

 

Loupaper Illinois - Carol Stream, Illinois

"To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born and one is buried."-Lincoln's farewell address to the people of Springfield on his departure for Washington in 1861.

 

Delta airplane and Wasatch Mountains - Salt Lake City, Utah

In the language of the native Ute people, Wasatch means "mountain pass" or "low pass over high range." According to William Bright, the mountains were named for a Shoshoni leader who was named with the Shoshoni term wasattsi, meaning "blue heron".

 

The Blue Ridge Parkway - Tampa, Florida

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs for 469 miles (755 km).