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Anne Rice's old house on 1239 First Street and the setting of Mayfair Manor Photo Source: Flickr Looking up information about the house writer Anne Rice uses as the site for the family mansion in her Mayfair Witches series, I came across a lot of interesting information about that particular house as well as about the Garden District area of New Orleans. As Victoriana Magazine's website puts it: One of the world's most dazzling residential neighborhoods – containing a time capsule of historic southern mansions – is located in the Louisiana city of New Orleans.  The Garden District, a large square area bounded by Jackson Avenue, Louisiana Avenue, Magazine St. and St. Charles Ave, is the live oak tree-lined "American" sector of this southern city. ... The architecture of these historic houses is a fusion of classic styles with influence of Spanish, French, Italianate and English, as well as Greek Revival. These stately homes represent some of the best...

Reading the article that my last post is about, I started wondering once again what it would be like to visit some of the amazing places on our planet and in our universe. The universe, well, I´m not anticipating a visit to the Moon in my lifetime or the ability to see the Earth from space with my own eyes, however there are many places on this planet that are amazing all in their own right. Places that I can get to by bus, train and airplane. For some amazing places, check out my earlier post on Unesco World Heritage Sites , as well as some of the following links: Wonders of the World - Wikipedia page Hillman Wonders of the World  - a Top 100 list Seven Wonders of the World - Travel Channel 100 Wonders of the World - a map with locations of wonders across the world