Century, Florida, USA

You don't even have to invite Lady Liberty to your picnic (or pay her airfare from New York). She's already at the park waiting for you and the gang in Century, Florida. Perhaps she got confused. After all, she came to the U.S. to mark a century of the French Revolution. [2005]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

February is all about the number two, and 2/22 is a palindrome too! Let's hope somebody is archiving these signs for the Covid museum, or at least documenting them digitally. Here is one you could find only in Milwaukee. See how they have incorporated the city's name (airport code) into the message? Be sure to see tomorrow's post.[2021]
 

Charleston, Illinois, USA

February is all about the number two, and 2/22 is a palindrome too! Here is what a chain-saw artist created to help Charlestonians celebrate Lincoln's birthday. Locals call him "Tiny Head Abe." But why did the city have to put him behind a chain-link fence? Be sure to see tomorrow's post. [2017]

Nederland, Texas, USA

February is all about the number two, and 2/22 is a palindrome too! With a name like Nederland (first e is long), you should expect to see something Dutch. Many of the early settlers were from the Netherlands, so in 1969 the windmill was erected, but the main street in town is still named Boston Avenue. Go figure! Be sure to see yesterday's post. [2022]

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Which statements apply to this bench in Boston Commons on this warm autumn day? (a) Someone has set up housekeeping on the bench and aims to be there for the duration. (b) Someone has turned the bench into a music conservatory to rival the Burklee College of Music. (c) Someone aspires to entertain friends on the bench and has saved them a seat. [2021]

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The Boston Public Garden is part of the Emerald Necklace of open space that curves around Boston's historic core. It was the city's second park, created by in-filling Back Bay, which had become a cesspool of trash and sewage. In the 1870s, Boston hired Frederick Law Olmstead to design a complete park system into which existing parks would be integrated. [2021]

Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

Geographically Yours couldn't help but think more about the sphere than the eagle. It could easily be turned into a world globe. Keep the reflective surface, but add the continental outlines. Then, visitors could see themselves on every land mass and in every ocean of the world. They could roam the planet without ever leaving Steamboat Park. [2021]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

"Love is love." And, Philadelphia is the perfect place to demonstrate what those words mean. Remember that Philadelphia translated means "City of Brotherly Love," now with its own Love Park thanks to Robert Indiana. Few sculptors have created anything with such staying power or such a global reach. [2021]

Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Loveworks Connect: O! It's Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. Paws [sic] and enjoy it. Better bone up on disc golf, though. It is something you can play with your dog at Waller Mill Park. [2021]
 

Waynesboro, Virginia, USA

Loveworks Connect: Nobody was more in favor of daily constitutionals than Saint L.L. Bean, whose love of the outdoors continues to inspire users of Waynesboro's Constitution Park and settings like this all over the country. He died (in Maine) on this day in 1967. Did you know that saints' days are observed on the day of death, not the day of birth? [2017]

Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA

♫ These Are a Few of My Favorite Things ♫ ~ Mills: Powered by running water, grist mills sustained generations of settlers on the Georgia piedmont. As a reminder, an old wooden mill was relocated to Atlanta's Stone Mountain Park in 1965. Water wheels, windmills and tidal mills (wish I could find one to photograph) all teach us the virtues of sustainability. [2020]

Eno State Park, North Carolina

These fungi must be finding enough nutrients to survive on a charred tree limb. In fact, they look so positively healthy, they may have found the forest-floor's banquet hall. [2020]

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Looking at water is so cooling. Listening to water is so calming. Feeling a watery mist is so refreshing. Fountain Square offers all three, all summer, to all who gather. [2019]

Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA

Is it an authentic covered bridge? Yes. The World Guide to Covered Bridges logs it in as 10-44-01. But, the Stone Mountain Bridge is not geographically authentic. Originally located in Athens, it was moved to Stone Mountain Park in 1965. The bridge has African-American roots: The designer and builder was Washington W. King. [2020]

Santa Monica, California, USA

Follow Historic Route 66 right down to the Santa Monica Pier. There it ends. Where does it begin? Chicago. The mother road provided Los Angeles with a mother load of migrants who soon turned it into the country's third, and then second, largest city. And, a different city it was. Left behind were all the norms that ruled the East. [2020]

Caledonia State Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Green, orange, yellow, brown, red: the colors of fall. The only other thing you could wish for would be autumnal high pressure with its blue skies and radiant sunshine. Yesterday, South Mountain had it all. [2019]

Gardiner, Maine, USA

The New England village green: place-perfect, iconic, communal. It is a reminder of what we mean by a "pure public good." Only collectively can we have it. That is why we also call it a commons. [2019]

New York, New York, USA

If it was good enough for Sema-Tawy-Tafnakht in the 7th century B.C., it should be good enough for Horace Greeley: being memorialized while seated, that is. What do these two men have in common? They were both scribes. [2018]

Lamesa, Texas, USA

Rot, demolition, or fire must have taken out one of the storefronts in Lamesa's downtown. But, the lot has not been abandoned. Instead, it has been turned into a vest-pocket park. No matter where you are, you can always use the colors and textures of brick, wood, bloom, and history to create a space for rejuvenation. [2018]

Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Ubiquitous: "existing everywhere." Are food trucks ubiquitous? With over 3 million of them in the U.S., the answer might be 'yes'! Is food ubiquitous? Again, the answer might be 'yes'. Never before has food been more widely available (or cheaper). Yet, 50 million Americans face some level of food insecurity. [2018]