By Josh Silber: Havana is a majestic and mysterious city. To this day, there is no Google Street View, and even if you’ve seen photos, many Americans don’t quite know what to expect. Once on the ground, it doesn’t take long to get a good sense of the city. The architectural styles in Havana range from Grand Spanish Colonial to Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern, and Brutalist blocks, the latter built during the Soviet era after the 1959 revolution.
By Douglan Towne: I had low expectations for finding SCA material in the land of minimalism and simplicity, but I was surprised. Bergen was just the beginning of a series of dazzling vintage signs, storefronts, and midcentury façades, a small portion of which appears here.
By Peter Glaser: Adventures in an automobile are a lot of fun: drive-in restaurants and theaters, streets of neon, and drive-through trees come to mind. And then there are magnetic or gravity hills—natural ‘road’ wonders—the most famous of which is in Moncton, New Brunswick (the geographic center of the Maritime Provinces).