The World's Steepest Cogwheel Railway at Mount Pilatus

Oct 27, 2013

The Pilatus railway in Switzerland connects Alpnachstad on Lake Lucerne, to a terminus near the summit of Mount Pilatus at an altitude of 2,...

Opal – The Most Spectacular Gemstone

Oct 25, 2013

Opal is one of the most beautiful of gemstones. These stones can flash every color of the spectrum with a brilliance that can even surpass t...

The Twelve Apostles, Australia

Oct 23, 2013

The Twelve Apostles is a collection of dramatic limestone stacks that rises up to 45 meters, 7 km off the shore of the Port Campbell Nationa...

Brusio Spiral Viaduct in Switzerland

Oct 23, 2013

The Brusio spiral viaduct is a single track nine-arched stone spiral railway viaduct located in Brusio, in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzer...

Pygmy Marmoset - The Smallest Monkey

Oct 22, 2013

The pygmy marmoset is a tiny primate that is native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America. At just 100 grams, the pygm...

The Octopus Tree of Oregon

Oct 22, 2013

The Octopus Tree is a massive Sitka spruce located a few hundred feet from Cape Meares Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast, in the U.S. The tree ...

Gergeti Trinity Church in Georgia

Oct 20, 2013

Near the village of Gergeti, outside the town of Stephantsminda, in Georgia, lies the isolated Gergeti Trinity Church. Also called the Holy ...

Cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico

Oct 20, 2013

Cenotes are natural pits or sinkholes resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath. They are especia...

The Dark Secret of The World’s Tallest Skyscrapers

Oct 20, 2013

The title for the world's tallest skyscraper is basically a pissing contest between international developers, and as the Skyscraper Inde...

Cal Orcko: A 300 Feet Wall With Over 5,000 Dinosaur Footprints

Oct 18, 2013

On the outskirts of the city of Sucre, in Bolivia, is a large cement plant, and when the quarry it uses was being expanded, workers discover...