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United States / Buffalo (Missouri)City discovery

Explore Park 531

Visit this park along the Greenway Trail in Buffalo, Missouri, and enjoy a pause outdoors.

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Cities and places

Albuquerque

  1. City discovery

    See the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta (USA)

    Witness hundreds of hot-air balloons fill the dawn sky at the world's biggest balloon fiesta — and photograph it.

Austin

  1. City discovery

    Eat beef brisket in Texas

    Queue at a pit for smoked brisket by the pound and photograph it.

Black Rock

  1. Culture & art

    Experience the desert community at Burning Man (USA)

    Witness the giant effigy burn in the temporary, money-free, art-filled city built for a week in the Nevada desert — and photograph it.

Boston

  1. City discovery

    Try clam chowder in Boston

    Eat the creamy chowder in a bread bowl by the harbour and photograph it.

Buffalo (Missouri)

  1. City discovery

    Explore Dallas Community Park

    Follow part of the walking trail in Buffalo, Missouri, and record a small outdoor moment.

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  2. City discovery

    Explore Park 531

    Visit this park along the Greenway Trail in Buffalo, Missouri, and enjoy a pause outdoors.

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Chicago

  1. City discovery

    Explore Chicago Riverwalk

    Walk along the river and notice how the bridges frame the city’s buildings.

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  2. Culture & art

    Explore Chicago Cultural Center

    Explore the cultural centre and choose a detail of its architecture or current exhibitions for your journal.

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Denali

  1. Nature

    Climb Denali (Alaska, USA)

    Climb Denali (6,190 m), North America's highest and coldest peak, on a glacier expedition — and photograph it.

Indio

  1. Culture & art

    Live the desert festival at Coachella (USA)

    Go to the two-weekend music festival with global headliners and giant art in the California desert — and photograph it.

Kaibab Plateau

  1. Nature

    Stand on the rim of the Grand Canyon (USA)

    Watch the sunset at the rim of the immense canyon carved by the Colorado River — and photograph it.

New Orleans

  1. Culture & art

    Experience Mardi Gras (New Orleans, USA)

    Join America's most famous carnival amid jazz, parade floats and showers of beads — and photograph it.

  2. City discovery

    Explore New Orleans Botanical Garden

    Explore the garden and choose a plant detail to sketch or photograph without picking anything.

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  3. Culture & art

    Explore Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

    Walk among the outdoor sculptures and find one whose shape changes as you move around it.

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New York

  1. City discovery

    See the Statue of Liberty (New York, USA)

    Ferry to the island and climb to the crown of America's symbol — and photograph it.

  2. City discovery

    Eat cheesecake in New York

    Try a slice of the dense baked cheesecake and photograph it.

  3. City discovery

    New York-style pizza

    Try new york-style pizza — and photograph it.

Pender

  1. City discovery

    Explore Veterans Memorial Park

    Pause at the memorial on Main Street in Pender and reflect on the stories it commemorates.

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  2. Culture & art

    Explore Heritage Museum of Thurston County

    Explore the local heritage collection in Pender and remember one story from the visit.

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Portland

  1. City discovery

    Eat a lobster roll in Maine

    Eat cold lobster in a buttered roll by the water and photograph it.

Space Center

  1. City discovery

    Watch a rocket launch live (Kennedy, USA)

    Feel the ground shake as a rocket thunders into the sky from the space center — and photograph it.

Tuba City

  1. Nature

    See the light beams of Antelope Canyon (USA)

    Walk among swirling sandstone walls and shafts of light inside the narrow slot canyon — and photograph it.

Yellowstone

  1. Nature

    Visit Yellowstone National Park

    The world's first national park, and it sits inside the crater of a still-active supervolcano: half of it is boiling water, mud pots and geysers. The colours of the Grand Prismatic come from bacteria living at different temperatures. Photograph the rings of colour.