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- Working list: World’s deepest open pit mines past and present
- Biggest baddest bottlenecks for truck traffic in the USA
- Scaling one the last remaining fire lookout towers in Illinois
- A living art museum amid ghost town ruins
- Frozen fun: The ascent of ice climbing parks
- Take a [Late Night Drive Home] to alternative rock bliss
- India’s longest road/highway land tunnels
- Morenci: A look inside America’s largest copper mine
- “Storyliving towns” – A new dystopian blueprint?
- The world’s wildest roundabout is below the ocean!
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Tag Archives: geography
Biggest baddest bottlenecks for truck traffic in the USA
The map above and the list below identify the 100 worst trucking bottlenecks in the United States in 2023. Where the truck icons blend/blur together on the map, there are more bottlenecks in close proximity to one another. More detailed … Continue reading
Posted in business, cities, commerce, distribution, ecommerce, geography, highways, industry, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, planning, spatial design, Statistics, traffic, transportation, Travel, trucking, urban planning
Tagged bottlenecks, cities, congestion, distribution, geography, land use, logistics, planning, semis, traffic, transportation, travel, trucking
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Scaling one the last remaining fire lookout towers in Illinois
At one time, there were 30 fire lookout towers in the Land of Lincoln. Sadly like many other states, they began to be disassembled and removed in the 1970s when technology and other resources began replacing humans as fire lookouts. … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, civics, ecosystems, engineering, environment, forests, fun, geography, government, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, lookouts, natural history, nature, pictures, place names, product design, recreation, schools, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, topography, tourism, Travel, Wilderness, wildfire, Wildlife
Tagged Big River Lookout, Big River State Forest, environment, fire lookouts, geography, history, Illinois, Keithsburg, land use, lookouts, travel
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A living art museum amid ghost town ruins
We stopped by the ghost town of Colmor, New Mexico today (Sunday April 21) and were not only intrigued by the haunting remains of this small town, but were absolutely astounded by the beautiful graffiti art painted on the remaining … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, art, Cars, cities, Communications, culture, fun, ghost towns, highways, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, pictures, place names, placemaking, schools, spatial design, toponymy, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged art, cities, Colmor, fun, geography, ghost towns, graffiti, High Plains, Hindue, history, I-25, land use, New Mexico, travel
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Frozen fun: The ascent of ice climbing parks
As spring moves into full bloom, one might wonder why we are posting a piece on ice climbing parks? Well, human-made ice climbing parks have successfully filled a niche for smaller communities that in the past have largely shut down … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Arctic, cities, climate, economic development, engineering, entertainment, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, Maps, mountains, natural history, nature, placemaking, planning, recreation, seasons, sports, technology, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, Travel, urban planning, water, weather
Tagged bluffs, cities, cliffs, climbing, Edmonton, fun, geography, Ice, ice climbing, Iowa, Jackson Hole, Lake City, Ouray, outdoors, parks, parks and recreation, quarries, recreation, rock, sandstone, sports, travel, Winnipeg, Winona, winter
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India’s longest road/highway land tunnels
The following list identifies the longest roadway land tunnels in India. Underwater tunnels are not included. As additional tunnels are constructed or become known, they will be added to the list. As always, any additions, corrections, or suggestions are most … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Cars, cities, economic development, engineering, highways, history, India, infrastructure, land use, mountains, pictures, planning, Statistics, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, trucking, tunnels
Tagged cities, geography, highways, India, land use, planning, roads, transportation, travel, tunnels
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Morenci: A look inside America’s largest copper mine
We had the opportunity over the past weekend to travel to and through parts of Southeast Arizona. While returning, we drove along U.S. 191 through the ginormous Morenci Copper Mine — the largest in the United States. This complex is … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, art, business, cities, commerce, consumerism, culture, economic development, ecosystems, engineering, environment, forests, geography, Geology, ghost towns, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mining, mountains, natural history, nature, pictures, planning, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, topography, tourism, Travel, tunnels, urban planning
Tagged Arizona, cities, Clifton, copper, environment, forests, former mining towns, geography, geology, historic preservation, history, land use, mining, Morenci, Morenci mine, mountains, planning, revitalization, tourism, travel, trucks
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The world’s wildest roundabout is below the ocean!
Eysturoyartunnilin (Eysturoy Tunnel) was completed in 2020 and connects three separate islands in the Faroe Islands archipelago situated in the North Atlantic north of the United Kingdom approximately midway between Iceland and Norway. An autonomous part of Denmark, this island … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Cars, commerce, economic development, engineering, environment, Europe, fun, geography, Geology, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, scenic byways, Statistics, technology, topography, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, tunnels, water
Tagged Denmark, engineering, Faroe Islands, fun, geography, land use, oceans, planning, roadways, roundabouts, tourism, transportation, travel, tunnels, undersea, underwater
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A city center without traffic/Centro de la ciudad sin tráfico
Yes, it may be hard to believe, but there is such a place. Due to its steeply sloped and narrow topography, as well as the foresight of the city’s leaders, the historic city center of Guanajuato, Mexico has limited traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, engineering, environment, fitness, fun, geography, Geology, government, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, Maps, Mexico, Mining, mountains, natural history, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, Stairway networks, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban design, urban planning, walking, water, water conservation
Tagged car free, cities, environment, fun, geography, Guanajuato, history, land use, Mexico, planning, tourism, traffic, transportation, travel, tunnels
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North America’s tallest monuments, memorials & statues
Discovering that there does not seem to be an accurate database/list of prominent monuments and memorials on the internet, I decided to compile one. Most of the lists are of the Top 10 variety and actually leave out several that … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, art, Canada, Caribbean, cities, civics, culture, engineering, entertainment, geography, government, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Mexico, military, natural history, North America, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, Religion, Science, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, technology, third places, tourism, Travel, urban design, urban planning
Tagged art, cities, geography, history, land use, memorials, military, monuments, planning, statues, tourism, travel
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