Lapland

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What a wonderful garden. Yesteryear's haunts of the wealthy and privileged are often still great spots to visit today. In the US, these tend to be areas with healing springs, typically found in the mountains. There are often historic old hotels but in modern times, no wealthy tourists seeking the healing waters. The winter retreats in warmer climes have largely been torn down and replaced with modernity. An odd behavior of modern American tourists is to flock south in the heat of summer and into the frigid cold of the mountains in winter. Personally I'd rather go to the warm south in winter and into the cool mountains in summer.

That ceramic stove looks very welcome in the depths of winter.