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[sarahbhb]

Laura that water fountain is the coolest! I've never seen anything like it.

 

[scrapsandsass]

These are all so interesting!

I live in Puyallup, Washington. We are about 30 minutes south of Seattle and 30 minutes north of Olympia (the state capitol). Puyallup hosts one of the biggest fairs in the country. It runs for about three weeks each September. We live about six blocks away, so it is a nightmare traffic-wise for us to get around during fair time. This picture doesn't quite do it justice as far as size (it is 6 blocks by 5 blocks in size), but this is what I could find.

We live in a valley that is great for farming all kinds of things. One of the things Puyallup (and neighboring cities) is known for is daffodils. Every spring there is a Daffodil parade. That is Mt. Rainier in the background. It takes a little over an hour to drive to the mountain, and we are just a couple of hours away from the ocean on the other side.

This is the cute little downtown section of the city right near our house that holds the farmers market, city hall, the library and a pavilion.

Our house has been around for over a hundred years. My husband's grandfather bought the house from Ezra Meeker (founder of Puyallup - it was one of his farm hands' houses). His grandfather and uncle owned a men's clothing shop that was in business for over 70 years downtown. Tim's dad was a twin, born in the house, on the dining room table, so there is a lot of history for his family in this town.

 

[Patti]

SO FUN to learn about everyone's 'backyard'!!

 

[mishou]

LOVED reading this thread! What a great idea!

I live in Ottawa, the capital of Canada.

We are right on the eastern border of the province of Ontario. A river separates us from the city of Gatineau in the province of Québec. The two cities are referred to together as the National Capital Region.

Population of the NCR =1.2 million.

I guess the most famous sight in town is Parliament Hill (our federal government buildings)

Here's a backside view from the river:

In the summertime there's a Changing of the Guard ceremony on the Hill every day with full marching band and parade

Downtown Ottawa/Parliament Hill is the place to be on Canada Day (our patriotic holiday). It was madness this year when Prince William and Kate came to visit

If you are ever in town, the #1 thing you should visit is the Canadian Museum of Civilization. A) because it's the biggest and most-visited museum in Canada and B) because I work there and you should come see me!

It is directly across the river from Parliament. The building on the left is the museum proper, the building on the right is where our national collection of 5 million artifacts is housed and where us curatorial staffers work

Ottawa is also home to the world's largest skating rink. It is actually a canal system for boats that looks like this in the summer:

and gets repurposed in the winter
The skateway is 7.8 kilometres long (4.8 miles) and it passes right through downtown. I know people who skate to work in the morning! (when it's not -30 celcius that is!)

I guess I'll stop there! lol I love living here so much I could go on forever

 

[estir_bune]

I currently live in Omaha Nebraska - moved from Northern California 12 years ago - and I truly love it here!

Omaha is the 42 largest city in the nation and lots of businesses call this home... like Con Agra Foods

Union Pacific Railroad

and Berkshire Hathaway

We are also home to The Henry Doorly Zoo

which is widely considered one of the premier zoos in the world. The zoo is home to the world's largest nocturnal exhibit and indoor swamp; the world's largest indoor rainforest, the world's largest indoor desert, and the largest geodesic dome in the world (13 stories tall). The Zoo is Nebraska’s number one paid attendance attraction and has welcomed more than 25 million visitors over the past 40 years. Larry the Cable Guy did an episode of Only in America from our zoo... only in america

Omaha also proudly hosts the college world series each year

and we host the Olympic Swim Trials

There are tons of other things like the Durham Museum

The pink marble building that is the Joslyn Art Museum

wikipedia

Come visit us and see what we have to offer!

 

[Lime]

I am from Indianapolis - if you want to see more about us,. just watch TV this Sunday - we're hosting the Superbowl!

Indianapolis is a sports town and a family town. Indianapolis is located in the center of Indiana and is within a day's drive of half of the nation's population.

The largest Children's Museum in the world is here - this is what it looks like from one side:

and here is another.

We host the Indianapolis 500 (Indy Cars)

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum where you can get in a race car and have your photo taken:

and Brickyard 400 Auto (NASCAR) Races.

We have a baseball field called Victory Field, where you can see a minor league baseball game with your kids in a brand new 1930s style venue, and still be able to afford hotdogs and cokes all around.

go to the Zoo, see the Western History Museum, the Indiana State Museum, and end up at a downtown mall, all in a couple of days. (But you have to add a whole day for the Children's Museum, and another 3/4 of a day for the Conner Prairie Farm, the living history pioneer museum in Noblesville, a suburb. And get this - covered parking downtown (not for the Superbowl, but usually) is $1.00 an hour if you make a purchase in the mall.

The Arts Garden is part of the mall:

We are home to the Pacers Basketball team & the Colts Football Team; we have a world class art museum & grounds, and also The Major Taylor Velodrome for bicycles.

Butler University is here and the Butler Fieldhouse built in 1928 was where they played the final game in the film "Hoosiers".

We have a lot of Olympic trials here as well as Final Four basketball stuff.

We also have inner canals, and there are long thin Italian boats on them supposedly like Venice and they hire high school and college age kids to row the and sing. Only in the summer. Oddly I could only find a photo of the pedal boats.

There are plenty of cool bars, too, including the Slippery Noodle Inn, Indy's Blues Bar - ages 21-100.

Here is a link to more pics:
Click and see Indy

 

[ChantalK]

Like Michelle, I live in Ottawa! I've found a few more pics on Google to share

This is our new Convention Centre...they just finished building it late last year. It is right beside the Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal again on a much hotter (hence better lol) day!

This is our National Arts Gallery...with the big spider (ewww)

Ah yes and Scotiabank Place, the home our our beloved Hockey team...for some I suppose, the Ottawa Senators

If any of you get to come down and visit, you NEED to try these. Beavertails are a pastry and you can choose different toppings. I normally go for the standard sugar and cinnamon...miam! I think though that you can only find these in the winter...there are a couple of booths setup on the Rideau Canal when everything freezes over for the skaters

and last but not least, American Amazing Race stars, from left, Alex Ali and Lynn Warren got married in Ottawa in 2005 at the Congress Centre (now known as the Convention Center...pic above)

 

[karen perry]

I am in England and here is a little information about Wolverhampton,The city i live in

Wolverhampton is in the West Midlands and the area known as the Black Country. The city’s main attractions are Molineux which is the home of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, Weston Park, Bantock House and Park, the Art Gallery and several stately homes in the near vicinity.

This is one of our main churches,it is St Peters Church and right in the middle of our town centre,I went to St peters school and this was the church we used but it wasnt near the school

This is home to our football team The Wolves,the stadium is the The Molinuex,and you probably have noticed we are at the bottom of the football league table so were not very good lol

The inside of the football grounds

This is one of the oldest shops in Wolverhampton City centre,it is now called House of Frasier but it has everything and it rather posh

This is a famous Landmark here in Wolverhampton,it is a meeting point because everybody from wolverhampton knows about the man on his horse

And Finally this is the pub,cant have a town without a pub,i spent a few drunken nights there lol