MALAYSIA- Penang Botanical Garden entrance c. 1939

Thanks to Angie.

"The Penang Botanic Gardens, (Malay: Taman Kebun Bunga) also known as the "Waterfall Gardens" because of the cascading waterfall nearby, is a public park situated on Jalan Air Terjun (Waterfall Road) in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The original gardens were established in 1884 from an old quarry site, under the supervision of Charles Curtis, who was the first superintendent."

RUSSIA - Wooden Church

Thanks to Nastya for the card.

RUSSIA - Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Thanks to Svetlana. Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.

"Completed in 1783, the beautiful and historic the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God Cathedral is one of the oldest churches in St. Petersburg and presents a truly fascinating combination of baroque and classical architectural styles. The church is crowned with five onion-shaped cupolas, which rise into the sky above Vladimirskaya Ploschad in one of the most historic areas of the city. An impressive four-tiered bell tower stands adjacent to the church. The church is also home to one of the oldest and most elaborate iconostases in Russia."

GEORGIA - Crawford W. Long Museum

Thanks to Nicole.

"Crawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16, 1878) was an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic.
Long was the first obstetric anesthetist. In 1845, he had his wife inhale while she was giving birth. Until recently,[when?] his practice of using inhalation anesthesia dominated obstetrics. In 1849, Long announced his discovery in a small local magazine. However, he did not receive significant recognition until Marion Sims, a New York surgeon, published the first major article about Long's contribution. Today, the majority of scholars concur that Long performed the first successful surgery using anesthesia.

The Crawford W. Long Museum in Jefferson, Georgia, provides educational exhibits about the life and career of Dr. Crawford W. Long, the physician who, on March 30, 1842 first used ether for surgical anesthesia. The Gallery takes you on a journey through Dr. Long’s life. From his exceptional education, to his early days as a physician and his discovery of the first anesthetic, through the days of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Come visit the site of America’s greatest contribution to medicine and learn how this “country doctor” came to be the father of painless surgery."

HONG KONG - Cherry

Thank you sender.

BRAZIL - Igreja Matriz de San Tome das Letras

Thanks to Rubens for the card.  Igreja Matriz de San Tome das Letras. Minas Gerais.

"The origin of the Historic Center of São Thomé das Letras is linked to the image of the saint found in a cave, which motivated the construction of the chapel from 1770. The rectified state tomb in 1996 considered the state tombs of the Architectural and Urbanistic Complex of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary inscribed in the Book of the Archaeological, Ethnographic and Landscape Book, Book of the Historical Book, the works of Historical Arts and the Palaeographic or Bibliographic Documents and the state registration of the Architectural and Landscape Set and Book of the Book of the Applied Arts." Source

NETHERLANDS - Holland

Thanks to Bianca for the card.

GERMANY - Your Dog Your Style

Thanks to Heidi.

BRAZIL - Birds of Armazonia

Thank to Carlos.

VERMONT - Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Middlebury

Thanks to Nicole For the card. The card reads: Saint Mary’s Catholic Church. This magnificent gothic marble church is situated on College Street, adjacent to the beautiful Middlebury Collage Campus.

CANADA Maxicard of an old house in 1987

Thanks to Michelle. Maxicard of an old house in 1987.

RUSSIA - Night won’t prevent us from working, 1956

Thanks to Darya for the card.
Boris Reshetnikov, Alexander Dobrov. 1956.
Night won't prevent us from working! As farmers till the land with tractors.
Soviet Russian propaganda poster warning that, 'Night won't prevent us from working! As farmers till the land with tractors.

SLOVAKIA - Wooden Museum in Orava

Thanks to Adri. Wooden architecture in open-air museum in region Orava.

"A unique open-air Museum of the Orava Village (Múzeum oravskej dediny) can be visited. Over an area of about 20 hectares, and on both sides of the crystal clean Studený potok brook, is a village containing the typical folk buildings moved here from various regions of Orava.

A visitor can see all kinds of buildings - peasant houses, larders, lumber rooms, farmsteads, shepherd's huts, haylofts, etc.); sacral buildings (a wooden church, cemetery and belfry) and the craftsman's and linen-maker's houses (a Wallachian mill and sawmill, a potter's furnace and fulling mill, etc.)." Source

CHINA - Earth building of Hakka

Thanks to Chen for the card.

“A Hakka walled village is a large multi-family communal living structure that is designed to be easily defensible. This building style is unique to the Hakka people found in southern China. Walled villages are typically designed for defensive purposes and consist of one entrance and no windows at the ground level.

These houses, sometimes called tulou 土楼, were often round in shape and internally divided into many compartments for food storage, living quarters, ancestral temple, armoury etc.”

POLAND - Highlanders

Thanks to Kasia for the card.

CZECH REPUBLIC - Forest Cemetery in Novy Bor

Thanks to Milada for the card. 
The cemetery contains the graves and memorial stones of victims of the First and Second World War.

RUSSIA- Convent of the Intercession Suzdal

Thanks to Victoria. Convent of the Intercession Suzdal.

"The Suzdal Kremlin is the oldest part of the Russian city of Suzdal, dating from the 10th century. Like other Russian Kremlins, it was originally a fortress or citadel and was the religious and administrative center of the city. It is most notably the site of the Cathedral of the Nativity. 

Together with several structures in the neighboring city of Vladimir, it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992."

RUSSIA- Lake Baikal

Thanks to Ann for the card.

“Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world (by volume) and the world's deepest lake. Somewhat crescent shaped, it is in the southern Siberia area of Russia. In 1996 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lake Baikal is the oldest lake in the world. It is home to approximately 1,700 to 1,800 endemic plant and animal species.”

RUSSIA- Go to the bathhouse after work. 1930s

Thanks to Nadya. Anonymous artist. Go to the bathhouse after work, 1930s.

"The Soviet social poster “Go to the bathhouse after work” aimed at introducing personal hygiene and combating unsanitary conditions, which, apparently, was very common at that time. The poster “Go to the bathhouse after work” shows a very dirty worker with a washcloth in his hand. The word "bath" is made in red, attracting the attention of people."

TURKEY - Didyma

Thanks to Deniz.

The card shows: Ancient greek sanctuary. Twin temple Apollo and Artemis. Apollo was very known from its oracle. You could see the Madusa’s head carved in a stone at the temple of Apollo.

VIRGINIA- Mapcard

Thanks to Carol for the card.

CHINA - Mist in a Village

Thanks to Hao for the card.

RUSSIA - Blue flower

Thanks to Svetlana.
Blue flowers by Susan.

RUSSIA - XVIIth Century Monastery located in Kostroma

Thanks to Aliya. This is XVII th century monastery located in Kostroma.

GERMANY - Neuschwanstein Castle

Thanks to Patrick

"Neuschwanstein Castle, Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner. Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and by means of extensive borrowing, rather than Bavarian public funds. 

The castle was intended as a home for the king, until he died in 1886. It was open to the public shortly after his death."