The hottest Landscapes Substack posts right now

Jeremy Mann is known for his impressionist urban landscapes, with a gritty and unique approach to light and form.
His art often includes noir-ish themes and a sense of perpetual rain, capturing the essence of the Bay area.
In addition to urban landscapes, Mann also excels in painting rural and coastal landscapes, figures, and occasionally shares insights into his creative process.

Long-distance hikes in the Netherlands offer unfinished journeys that lead to uncharted paths.
Having no clear end destination distinguishes a hike from a pilgrimage.
Walking exposes the beauty of transitioning landscapes and unexpected encounters.

Restoring our landscapes can reduce floods, droughts, and global warming by increasing precipitation recycling.
Decrease in soil quality leads to less rain absorption, causing floods and droughts.
The larger the magnitude of the small water cycle, the less global warming and more carbon is sequestered, aiding in climate change mitigation.

The Ruhr Valley stretches for fifty miles and is like one extensive thin city.
Walking from Dortmund to Duisburg, you are always close to a sidewalk and a tram.
The Ruhr Valley is seen as the "Rust Belt" of Germany, with economic and class similarities.

A weekly window-location contest brings a lively online community together to sleuth, share photos, and trade stories and follow-ups.
Solvers lean on tiny visual clues and online tools — chain stores, license plates, gas prices, and Google Street View — to pinpoint exact locations, sometimes landing on surprising finds like a spot in Oregon.
The contest sparks travel plans, local-history tidbits, recipes, creative reimaginings, and friendly banter, making it about more than just identifying a window.

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