Author: hhgygy

Founded in 1580 by Charles II of Inner Austria, the Lipica Stud Farm is located in the village of Lipica (Italian: Lipizza) in the municipality of Sežana , Slovenia , not far from the Italian border. The now common name “Lipizzaner” originates from this stud farm. Lipica is one of the most popular destinations for excursions in the Karst region.

The Lipizzan or Lipizzaner horse was developed by the House of Habsburg from Arab, Barb, Spanish and Neapolitan stock. Today these beautiful horses are mostly associated with the nations of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia.

Those who found it without a hint:

• Lighthouse
• Zorro the Fox
• Graham Hedley
• Eloy Cano
• Martin de Bock
• Paul Voestermans
• Phil Ower
• Garfield

And after the hint:

• Bas van Limpt
• krenek

Skrunda‑1 is an abandoned Soviet military town in western Latvia, built in the 1960s to support a secret early‑warning radar complex watching NATO airspace. At its peak, it housed several thousand soldiers, technicians, and families, functioning as a closed city with its own school, shops, and apartment blocks. The site’s two Dnepr radar stations —code named by NATO as Hen House— formed part of the USSR’s ballistic‑missile detection network, and a newer Daryal radar was under construction when the Soviet Union collapsed.

After Latvia regained independence, Russia operated the facility until 1998, when the radars were dismantled and the town was vacated almost overnight. For years, the empty buildings—still filled with Soviet‑era remnants—made Skrunda‑1 a magnet for urban explorers. Although the Latvian government has explored redevelopment, much of the site has deteriorated or been partially demolished, and public access is now restricted.

Today, Skrunda‑1 stands as a fading Cold War relic slowly being reclaimed by the surrounding forest.

Those who found it without a hint:

• Zorro the Fox
• Phil Ower
• Garfield
• Martin de Bock
• Eloy Cano
• Lighthouse
• Paul Voestermans

And after the hint:

• krenek
• Graham Hedley

The Maryland–Pennsylvania–West Virginia tripoint sits quietly in the forested hills near the North Branch of the Potomac River, marking the spot where three states meet.
The point owes its existence largely to the famous Mason–Dixon survey, which in the 1760s established the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The famous Mason-Dixon line extends westward to form the PA–MD border that anchors the tripoint.  The West Virginia boundary later joined the intersection after the state separated from Virginia during the Civil War.

In the 19th century, the line became the symbolic divider between Northern free states and Southern slave states.
Today, the tripoint is marked by a concrete monument tucked into woodland terrain. Reaching it typically involves a short hike along unpaved paths.

Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were immortalised in Sailing to Philadelphia, one of the greatest songs by Mark Knopfler:

Those who found the border tripoint before the hint:

• Graham Hedley
• Eloy Cano
• Garfield
• Martin de Bock
• Phil Ower
• Lighthouse
• Paul Voestermans

And after the hint:

• Thomas Willis
• Bas van Limpt
• krenek

And this ends the last 10-week series by Andrew and Paul, and the first series by hhgygy and Ashwini.
Congratulations to Garfield and Lighthouse for a perfect score of 20!