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Waiting for peak bloom to buy tickets for the Skagit tulip festival? Here’s what to know By Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald
Published: April 21, 2021, 9:36am
Share: Pairing hardy primrose with tall tulips make your spring garden look more like a magazine spread.
Warm, sunny weather has brought out the tulips in Skagit County, and the flowers are dazzling visitors with acres of color.
“They are at their peak bloom now through April 25,” said Cindy Verge, executive director of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
The bright hues and sunny days also have drawn waves of smitten tulip lovers to the festival, which continues through April 30.
Assumption. Begun in 1894, this cathedral in Covington, Kentucky, is a smaller-scale replica of its French predecessor, right down to its beloved rose windows and carved stone gargoyles. The interior doesn’t disappoint either: walls festooned with ornate murals and towering ceilings provide pitch-perfect acoustics for three historic pipe organs.
2. Greek To Me
The Nashville Parthenon (Shutterstock)
There’s the Parthenon in Athens: Check out the one in Nashville. Built for Tennessee’s Centennial Exposition in 1897, the
Nashville Parthenon boasts the exact specifications of the original, down to the 42-foot golden Athena.
3. Rock of Ages
England’s Stonehenge is legendary. Instead, consider America’s own version in North Salem, New Hampshire.