This month, WOW dips back into some older submissions to the WOW in the World contest to visit southern and northern Europe. Both great photos were submitted last summer and were misfiled by the editor (he begs forgiveness). The WOW in the World file, however, is growing dangerously thin, so be sure to submit your photos of your summer trips in the coming months, Westchasers!

Our first photo was submitted by Radcliffe resident Angela Bocchino. Angela visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy last July. Angela, an eighth grader at Davidsen Middle School, traveled to Europe as a People to People Student Ambassador. The Leaning Tower is actually a freestanding bell tower of the adjacent Pisa cathedral. Begun in 1173 and completed 177 years later, the tower began leaning in 1178 with the construction of its third floor due to unstable subsoil.

Our second photo was submitted by Madeline Indelicato of Harbor Links, who forced her poor husband Nando to take photos of her holding the WOW throughout their travels in northern and eastern Europe. In this photo, Madeline is standing in front of Uspenski Orthodox Church in Helsinki, Finland. The brick church was completed in the 1860s when Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire. Topped with spikes and 13 onion domes with crosses, it is Northern Europe’s largest Russian Orthodox church.

Angela and Madeline split the $100 WOW in the World pot (Madeline, please take Nando to dinner).

Join in the fun with our WOW in the World Contest! Simply submit a high resolution photo of the WOW held by someone (or your family) in a fun and different place outside of Florida and you can win up to $100 if it’s printed! (Of course, if you just want to send or carry the cover of the magazine, we won’t tell!).

We’ll publish one or two photos monthly. Payments will be determined based on how recognizable or exotic the location or landmark photographed with the WOW is. While WOW in the middle of an Iowa cornfield might snag you $20, WOW at the Kremlin, the Great Wall of China, the Sydney Opera House or the Sphynx of Giza could win you Ben Franklin!