Mine: The island of Kauai, Redwood Empire in No. Calif., Lake Tahoe

1. the top of the Rock of Gibraltar looking across the strait at the mountains of Africa's coast

   Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic on a snowy, starry night in February

   a breezy little outdoor cafe built on the side of YangMing Mountain in Taiwan

   …and an honorable mention goes to all of rural southern Poland. The land there is unlike anything I've ever seen — giant rolling hills, bare of trees but covered in grass of varying lengths and colors, surrounded by mountains and rivers and dotted with storybook houses and crumbling castles.

2. The Redwoods, the Grand Canyon, northern Michigan
3. North East Texas, Texas Hill Country, South Central Texas
4. 1. Detroit, Michigan
   2. Barstow, California
   3. Portsmouth, Ohio

   mike newman, filmmaker
   pnutfilms.com

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