Pin up girl - Novouralsk, Russia

Novouralsk is a closed town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains, about 70 kilometres north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative centre of the oblast. It was formerly known as Sverdlovsk-44. Although it occurred during World War II and was named Novouralsk in 1954, it was kept secret until 1994. It has had closed-town status since its establishment.

 

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.

 

Large Letter Reprint - Rhame, North Dakota

Nicknames: Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State, Heaven on Earth

Mottos: Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable

North Dakota bison are among the largest in the world: they are up to 3 meters long and weigh more than a ton.

The Dickinson Dinosaur Museum houses twelve complete dinosaur skeletons, including Triceratops and Edmontosaurus.

90% of North Dakota is arable land - the most of any US state.

 

Matryoshka - Chelyabinsk, Russia

There is an opinion that the matryoshka is not a traditional product of Russian craftsmanship but was created in 1890 as a result of inspiration with Japanese Daruma and Kokeshi dolls, including the doll-image of the sage Fukuruma or Fukurama, which contained the other six.   

They were brought from Japan by the wife of an industrialist and patron of the arts, Sawwa Mamontov.

Hot air balloon - Voronezh, Russia

Voronezh is known in Russia as the "cradle of the Russian fleet" because at the end of the 17th century Peter I built the first Russian military ships in Voronezh shipyards (Russia did not have access to the sea at that time).  

EUROPA stamp 2009 - "Astronomy"

Large Letter Reprint - Manchester, New Hampshire

Nicknames: the Granite State, the White Mountain State.

Motto: "Live Free or Die".

It is one of the most libertarian states in the US.  Freedom is firmly rooted in today's state culture, although it may take an incomprehensible and strange form. For example, motorcyclists don't wear helmets, and people over 18 don't have to wear a seat belt.

Worth seeing: Mount Washington Auto Road, The Mount Washington Cog Railway, Castle in the Cloud in Moultonborough.

*this postcard is mailed from Boston, MA - but Massachusetts one is from Manchester, NH*