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328 Feet above Canadian Soil. Bridges in the Sky.

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328 Feet above Canadian Soil. Bridges in the Sky.        Canadians and the soil they live on have always had a rocky history. That was the first things I learned when I decided to go to Canada for the first time. The land can be harsh and barren and in most places, it is impossible to grow anything that can be eaten by people. This may be one of the reasons there aren’t a lot of people in Canada, but where there are people there are a lot of them. Bad soil is not something you would notice however if you went to Vancouver because it is full of greenery, which may also be why it is full of people. In some places it wasn’t always that way, and still isn’t and people are far and few between. Then there are some places where oh there the most wonderful sights you will ever see. Vancouver is one of them. Two of the best places to check out the profoundness of Canadian outdoor beauty are found in Vancouver. They are called Lynn Canyon Park, and Squamish BC in Vancouver and they are w

St. Josaphat Basilica’s Spectacular History. Milwaukee's Most Wonderful Mystery.

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St. Josaphat Basilica’s Spectacular History. Milwaukee Most Wonderful Mysteries.             On our trip to St. Josaphat Basilica we found out that it was just as spectacular in person as it is in photos. The problem is Wikipedia doesn't do justice to how spectacular it really is. The basilica was commissioned by Pastor Wilhelm Grutza 1896. The new Basilica was set in motion to replace the local Polish church that was too small to fit the 12,000 Polish immigrants that flooded its holy halls each service. That's a lot of people right! The problem was finding building materials for a church that could house that many members. Pastor Grutza received word that a Post Office and a Customs House in Chicago were about to be demolished and bought 200,000 tons of scrap materials for $20,000. Which wasn't cheap, back in the 1800s 20,000 dollars would equal 800 million dollars today (that looks like this 800,000,000). If the church raised that much money from their member