Columbia, capital of South Carolina | USA

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The card depicts Finlay Park, the largest and most visited park in downtown Columbia.    

Columbia is the capital and, with a population of 135,000, the second-largest city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. 

Nebraska | USA

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Nebraska is a major beef and corn producing state where cattle outnumber people by more than 3 to 1. Corn production is its leading crop and ranks third among the nation’s corn-producing states.

Des Moines, capital of Iowa | USA

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Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. Des Moines is a major center of the US insurance industry and has a sizable financial services and publishing business base.

Iowa | USA

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Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by by six states: Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Iowa ranks number one in producing corn, soybeans, hogs, eggs, ethanol and Dry Distillers Grain Solubles (DDGS) which serve as a premium source of protein for livestock. It also ranks fourth in beef cattle.

Salem, Oregon | USA

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Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States. Oregon became the 33rd state of the U.S. on February 14, 1859.  Salem is the capital of the state of Oregon.

Mammoth Cave National Park | USA

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Mammoth Cave National Park, located in the state of Kentucky, has the world's largest network of natural caves and underground passageways.

Mammoth Cave National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Redwood National Park | USA

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Redwood National and State Parks is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The park comprises a region of coastal mountains bordering the Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco. It is covered with a magnificent forest of coastal redwood trees, the tallest and most impressive trees in the world. These trees can live to be 2000 years old and grow to over 300 feet tall!

Mount Oberlin | USA

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Mount Oberlin (2,494 m) is located in Glacier National Park in the state of Montana, USA. When you look closely you see Bird Woman Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in Glacier National Park.

Waterton Glacier International Peace Park is a UNESCO World Heritage sit.

Mammoth Cave National Park | USA

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Mammoth Cave National Park, located in the state of Kentucky, has the world's largest network of natural caves and underground passageways. The Frozen Niagara flowstone formation looks like a frozen Niagara Falls made out of stone.

Mammoth Cave National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Flags of the World | United States of America

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The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S.

Midway Atoll | United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Midway Atoll is located on the far northern end of the Hawaiian archipelago. It is one the oldest atoll formations in the world that provides nesting habitat for millions of seabirds.

The Laysan duck once lived across the entire archipelago. But by 1860, the ducks had disappeared from everywhere except Laysan Island. In an effort to ensure the long-term future of this duck, 42 birds were translocated to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in 2002. These thrived in their new surroundings, and another group were later relocated to Kure Atoll.

The postcard was sent from Wake Island, like Midway Atoll, part of UNESCO World Heritage site Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Channel Islands National Park | USA

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Channel Islands National Park is an American national park off the coast of the U.S. state of California that comprises five of the eight Channel Islands.

These five islands are San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Anacapa, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz.

The Guggenheim | USA

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is located in Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The property consists of eight buildings in the United States designed by the architect during the first half of the 20th century. These include Fallingwater (Mill Run, Pennsylvania), the Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House (Madison, Wisconsin) and the Guggenheim Museum (New York).

Yosemite Park | USA

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California’s Yosemite National Park welcomes millions of visitors each year—drawn to its dramatic waterfalls, giant sequoias, abundant wildlife, and awe-inspiring cliffs.

Yosemite National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Ellis Island | USA

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Ellis Island served as a portal for immigrants seeking entrance to the United States from 1892 to 1954. This tiny island located in New York Harbor sits adjacent to the Statue of Liberty and the New Jersey coast.

As the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station, it processed approximately 12 million immigrants to the United States. Nearly 40 per cent of Americans have an ancestor who arrived at Ellis Island!

Liberty Island | USA

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Liberty Island is a small island in Upper New York Bay in the United States. It is well known for the Statue of Liberty, a colossal neoclassical sculpture. The copper statue was a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States.

Statue of Liberty is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Three Mile Island | USA

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Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI) is a nuclear power plant located on on a small island in the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The Three Mile Island accident that occurred on March 28, 1979 was the partial meltdown of reactor number 2. It was the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. In 1985, Three Mile Island reopened, minus the one damaged reactor. Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is set to shutdown in 2021.

Poverty Point | USA

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Poverty Point State Historic Site is a prehistoric earthwork constructed by the Poverty Point culture. The site contains earthen ridges and mounds, built by indigenous people between 1700 and 1100 BC (that is 3400 years ago!). The earthworks are named after a 19th century plantation on the property.

The card itself looks a bit peculiar dont you think? It is actually an aerial photograph of the site. Most of this site is hidden in the earth!

Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The state of Texas | USA

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Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

Wisconsin | USA

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Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes regions. The state capital is Madison, and its largest city is Milwaukee. Wisconsin is known as "America's Dairyland" because it is one of the nation's leading dairy producers.