The tallest sandcastle is 13.97 m (45 ft 10.25 in) tall and was created by Ted Siebert (USA) of the Sand Sculpture Company and a crew of 19 on behalf of Turkish Airlines, in Virginia Key Beach, Miami, Florida, USA, on 27 October 2015. Using 1,800 tonnes of imported sand, the team worked for two weeks to create the tallest sandcastle.
Turkish Airlines wanted to celeberate their special occasion of bridging Miami to more than 270 destinations via Istanbul in a fun and unusual way. They gifted Miami residents by bringing together 19 sculptures from all around the world by building the largest sandcastle - EVER! - 4500 Square foot, 45 feet 10.25 inches tall.

Don't forget to watch this video of The Guiness World Record Holding Sandcastle linked below:

Day View Of St. Mary Church

Statue of Mother Mary in front of the Church

Beautiful Inside View of St. Mary Church

A beautiful artwork at St.Mary Church

Night View Of St. Mary Church

Mt. Washington's Grandview Avenue is a popular destination for visitors and tourist to the city of Pittsburgh. St. Mary church, perched on Grandview overlooking the city, is frequented by many. Even though the church cannot be kept open all the time, they have created a 24-Hour Chapel, which is in the entry to the church. This provides opportunity for anyone to visit the church any time of the day. People can stop in, see the beauty of the church, stained glass, art and architecture, and bask in the peace of the Lord. The parish provides prayer and reflection materials as well as information about the Church, to support any encounter and experience of Christ and the parish. The church also have a visitors/prayer intention book in the 24-Hour Chapel which collects the comments and prayers of the local community and visitors from around the world!


Mass Schedule
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:00 a.m.
Tuesday & Thursday: 10:00 a.m.
Saturday: 5:00 p.m. (anticipated)
Sunday: 7:30, 9:30, & 11:30 a.m.


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Day View of Pittsburgh Downtown

Night view of Pittsburgh Downtown

Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River. The "triangle" is bounded by the two rivers. The area features offices for major corporations such as PNC Bank, U.S. Steel, PPG, Bank of New York Mellon, Heinz, Federated Investors and Alcoa. It is where the fortunes of such industrial barons as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Henry J. Heinz, Andrew Mellon and George Westinghouse were made.
The above pictures were taken from Mt. Washington.

“She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her...” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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Crandon Beach is one of Miami's greatest park treasures. A beautiful, sprawling campus of beaches and amenities, Crandon Park is more than a beach. At Crandon Park Beach on Key Biscayne, there's a Family Amusement Center, a Nature Center and even a place to rent cabanas.The beach remains the main attraction at the luscious and family-friendly Crandon Park. Crandon park has a admission fees of $7 at weekends for personal vehicles and is open from 8 a.m to sunset.

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