Location: Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains Destination: Over Utah Country: United States Year Taken: 2008 Photographer: Jon Rochetti Blog: The DC Traveler The western most range  of the Rocky Mountains, the Wasatch Range includes Mount Nebo, which rises to almost 12,000 feet (3,650 m). _______________________________________________ [Read more]

Location: One of the seven hills Destination: San Francisco Country: United States Year Taken: 2008 Photographer: Adriana Sbardellati Blog: Flickr Photos People often mentioned the seven hills of San Francisco — Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill, Twin Peaks, Rincon Hill, Russian Hill, Mount Sutro and Mount Davidson.  Actually the city has 44 named hills.  The tallest, Mount Davidson, stands 925 feet high (282 m), and the shortest is  Rincon Hill at 100 feet (31 m). In 1873, the first San Francisco streetcar line was opened on Clay Street.  The grip, or operator grasped a handle that gripped an underground cable pulling the street car up and down the hill. Today there are three cable car lines running through San Francisco – Powell-Hyde,... [Read more]

Location: Golden Gate Bridge Destination: San Francisco, California Country: United States Year Taken: 2005 Photographer: Jon Rochetti Blog: The DC Traveler One of the most photographed structures in America is the picturesque Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. What makes a golden gate bridge so photographic is the ability for photographers to take photos from many different angles, in all kinds of lighting and weather conditions, from sunny and clear,to completely fogged in and misty. It’s rare to see the bridge with blue cloudless skies, but when it happens, it’s a great time to take a photograph. To submit your photo to Travel Photo Daily, please add your destination or travel photos to the Travel Photo Daily Flickr group. _____________________________________________ [Read more]

Location: The skyline Destination: Seattle, Washington Country: United States Year Taken: 2008 Photographer: Mary Jo Manzanares Blog: The Seattle Traveler Built built for the World’s Fair in 1962, the landmark Space Needle is the prominent building of Seattle’s skyline.  The needle, the tallest building west of the Mississippi River when it was built, offers visitors an observation deck and restaurant, all at heights over 500 feet. The needle was designed as a combination of two ideas, first a flying saucer and the second, a balloon on a string. After 36 years without a serious power-washing, this past fall, the entire 605-foot high exterior of the Space Needle was cleaned. To submit your photo to Travel Photo Daily, please add your... [Read more]

Location: Pier 4, Inner Harbor Destination: Baltimore, Maryland Country: United States Year Taken: 2009 Photographer: Jon Rochetti Blog: The DC Traveler Located at Pier 4, in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the Old Power Plant, now called Power Plant Live! houses multiple restaurants and nightclubs, including a Hard Rock Cafe, and the first ESPN Zone. Built in the year 1900, to provide power to the United Railways & Electric Co., the Pratt Street Power Plant, or the Pier Four Power Plant provided power to a citywide rail transportation system. It it was also a central steam plant, for local power company. The generating system became obsolete in the plant was retired, until World War II, when demand for electricity increased, and the plan... [Read more]