This rotating suspension bridge, was designed by Santiago Calatrava and finished in 2001, named "Women's Bridge".

Finland has been the battle ground of crusaders from Sweden and Germany; and occupied by Russia. Suomenlinna (Our Land) is a fortress built by Finland for naval defense on a group of islands near Helsinki.

Scotland and the UK have been at odds for centuries. Thousands of people have attended a pro-Scottish independence march through the streets of Edinburgh as organizers insist momentum is growing in the face of Brexit.

There are social-economic strata defined by law that classifies neighborhoods into one of six levels, one being the poorest and six being the wealthiest. The poor have housing and utilities subsidies and pay lower taxes while the rich pay more.

In a blunder by the Peruvian government in the early 1990s, Peru began a program to sterilize poor indigenous women.

Santiago Calatrava designed this footbridge as an enormous sundial. Completed in 2004, it's an international attraction for architecture fans.

Everyone in Cuba gets a Supplies Booklet that is essentially a ration book. Qualified supplies are subsidized at a below-market rate and quantities are limited to prevent black market resale.

I'm not considered a horseman although I've spent many hours riding mountain trails. In the 1990s, Sylvia and I spent five weeks over ten years riding in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming.

Edvard Grieg, famous for Norwegian musical compositions,  lived here in idyllic isolation. Troldhaugen means "troll hill".

Grieg incorporated Norwegian folk music into his compositions which helped develop a cultural identity for Norway.