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New writer: Keith Tyler Keith is a Software QA Engineer based near Seattle, and is originally from Boston. He’s a veteran geocacher, and a prolific submitter of Google Maps sights on VirtualGlobetrotting.com. The rocky East Coast of North America is dotted with islands and rocky shoals which have been a treacherous problem for ships since the beginning of cross-Atlantic seafaring. Many of the famous coastal shipwrecks are the result of…

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Grad Tags Across Canada

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The final year of school in every country comes with many ceremonies and traditions. In Canada, one of those traditions is to celebrate the supremacy of your graduating class over all others by spray painting your ‘grad’ year over anything and everything.

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Graveyards of the Atlantic

Graveyards of the Atlantic

New writer: Keith Tyler Keith is a Software QA Engineer based near Seattle, and is originally from Boston. He’s a…

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Offensive Ponds

Offensive Ponds

Is that… the word “SLUT” carved into the ground of Nova Scotia? On closer examination it becomes clear that the…

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Tonight’s Dinner

For tonight’s dinner we’re following what might well be the world’s largest recipe – as it’s written in large type…

Weird Blue Square

Weird Blue Square

Another new kind of image weirdness here, with this giant stripy blue square off the coast of Nova Scotia. Very…

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Citadel, Halifax

Regular contributor “caknuck” submitted the The Citadel in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This fort was built in the mid-19th Century to…

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