Animals That Have Cemented India’s Position As The Best Wildlife Destination

Aug 11, 2014

When it comes to the best destination for wildlife sighting, there are not many that can match the range and versatility offered by India. T...

Ekati Diamond Mine, Canada

Aug 11, 2014

The Ekati Diamond Mine is located about 200 km south of the Arctic circle, near Lac de Gras in Canada's North-West Territories, about 30...

Potemkin Stairs, Odessa

Aug 11, 2014

Made famous by Sergei Eisenstein’s epic movie Battleship Potemkin (1925), the Potemkin Stairs in Ukraine’s third largest city Odessa, is the...

The Water Town of Zhouzhuang

Aug 11, 2014

Zhouzhuang is one of the most famous "water town" in China, situated between Lake Tai and Shanghai, about 55 kilometers southeast ...

The Mountains of Hornocal

Aug 9, 2014

The mountain valley of Quebrada de Humahuaca, in the province of Jujuy, in north-west Argentina, is home to some fascinating geology. The Hi...

Purmamarca And The Hill of Seven Colors

Aug 9, 2014

Cerro de los Siete Colores or “The Hill of Seven Colors” is one of the hills bordering the tiny village of Purmamarca, in Jujuy Province, in...

The Great Mosque of Samarra

Aug 8, 2014

The Great Mosque of Samarra is located in Samarra city, in Iraq, about 120 km north of Baghdad, on the banks of river Tigris. It was built i...

The 728-Ton Tuned Mass Damper of Taipei 101

Aug 7, 2014

Taipei 101 is an iconic skyscraper located in the city of Taipei, in Taiwan. It rises to 509 meters and consist of exactly 101 floors. At th...

The Cliffside Town of Tropea

Aug 7, 2014

Tropea is a seaside resort located in the region of Calabria, in the south of Italy. The town is perched on top of an imposing cliff, in the...

The Red Earth Terraces of Dongchuan, China

Aug 6, 2014

Some 250 kilometers northeast of Kunming, the capital of China's Yunnan Province, lies Dongchuan, a rural area with the world's most...

Mina, The City of Tents

Aug 5, 2014

Mina is a small city located inside a low lying valley in the province of Makkh, in western Saudi Arabia, about 8 km to the east of the Holy...

Milford Sound’s Flying Waterfalls

Aug 5, 2014

Milford Sound in the south west of New Zealand's South Island, is a fjord and the country’s most well known scenic attractions. Carved b...

Nara, The City Taken Over by Deer

Aug 4, 2014

Anybody who has travelled to India must have invariably encountered cows on the streets; animals that disrupt traffic and refuse to move. No...

The Historic Village of Masouleh

Aug 2, 2014

The village of Masouleh is located in Gilan Province, in Iran, perched high on a densely forested mountainside about 60 kilometers inland fr...

Pozo de las Animas – The Well of Souls

Aug 2, 2014

Pozo de las Animas or the “Well of Souls” is a pair of two spectacular sinkholes located in Mendoza province, in Argentina, along Provincial...

Pyramids of The Ancient World

Jul 31, 2014

The pyramids are certainly some of the most mesmerizing historical structures in recorded history. The fact that makes pyramids a unique att...

Reversing Falls of Saint John

Jul 31, 2014

The Reversing Falls are a series of rapids on the Saint John River located just west of downtown of Saint John, in New Brunswick, in Canada....

Karl Marx-Hof: The Kilometer Long Residential Building

Jul 30, 2014

The world’s longest residential building, Karl Marx-Hof, is located in the neighbourhood of Heiligenstadt in the Austrian capital city of Vi...

Dargavs, The City of The Dead

Jul 30, 2014

Located on the edge of the village of Dargavs, in the republic of North Ossetia–Alania, in Russia, is an ancient cemetery or necropolis. It ...

El Salvador, A Mining Town Shaped Like A Roman Helmet

Jul 28, 2014

Located at an elevation of more than 2,400 meters in the foothills of the Andes and in the middle of the Atacama Desert, the town of El Salv...

Lucy the Elephant

Jul 28, 2014

Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped building located along the beach in Josephine Harron Park in Margate, New Jersey. Lucy can ...

Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard

Jul 28, 2014

Near the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh, lies one of the largest ship-breaking yards in the world. It stretches for 18 km along the c...

Superkilen, A Public Park in Copenhagen With Artifacts From 60 Countries

Jul 28, 2014

Superkilen is a public park in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by the arts group Superflex with the collaboration of ...

Champagne Pool, New Zealand

Jul 26, 2014

Champagne Pool is a hot spring located within the Waiotapu geothermal area in the North Island of New Zealand. The name Champagne Pool is de...

The Double Tree of Casorzo

Jul 25, 2014

Between Grana and Casorzo in Piemonte, Italy, a very unique tree grows. Known as the “double tree of Casorzo” or Bialbero de Casorzo in Ita...

Japanese Artist Launches Plants Into Space

Jul 25, 2014

Tokyo based artist Makoto Azuma , for his latest project titled "Exobiotanica”, teamed with Sacramento-based JP Aerospace - a volunteer...

Nardo Ring: Porsche’s High Speed Test Track in Italy

Jul 24, 2014

The Nardò Ring is a 12.5 km long high speed circular test track located in a remote area on the heel of Italy’s “boot,” 50 kilometers east o...

Moshav Villages of Israel

Jul 24, 2014

Moshav is a type of agricultural community in Israeli consisting of a group of individual farms. The moshav is generally based on the princi...

Sedan Nuclear Crater

Jul 24, 2014

The Sedan nuclear crater is located at the Nevada Test Site, about 90 miles north of Las Vegas. It is the result of the Sedan nuclear test, ...

Shrek, The Sheep Who Escaped Shearing for 6 Years

Jul 23, 2014

Shrek was a Merino sheep, a castrated male, belonging to South Island, New Zealand, who gained international fame in 2004 owing to his gigan...

The Medieval Skyscrapers of San Gimignano

Jul 23, 2014

San Gimignano is a small medieval hill town in Italy’s famous Tuscany region, 56 km south of Florence. Located on top of a hill, and fortifi...

Dutch Artist Recreates His Childhood Drawings 20 Years Later

Jul 19, 2014

When Dutch artist Telmo Pieper came across a big box of his childhood drawings, which his parents had carefully put in storage, he was fasc...

The Tangalooma Wrecks of Moreton Island

Jul 19, 2014

The ship wrecks of Tangalooma are located on the western side of Moreton Island near the township of Tangalooma, a former whaling station. M...

The Monastery of Wadi Qelt

Jul 18, 2014

Wadi Qelt is a rocky canyon located in the Judaean Desert in the West Bank, originating near Jerusalem and terminating near Jericho, near th...

Argentina’s Train to The Clouds

Jul 18, 2014

Located 4,000 meters above the sea level in the Andes, Tren a las Nubes or “Train to the clouds” is one of the highest railways in the worl...

Cono de Arita in Argentina

Jul 16, 2014

Near the south border of Salar de Arizaro, the sixth largest salt flat on earth and the second largest in Argentina, 70 km from the village ...

Radisson Blu Iveria: A Luxury Hotel That Became a Refugee Camp

Jul 16, 2014

The Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel is located at the center of Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi. Built in 1967, it was Georgia’s finest hotel and a...

Raymond Moretti’s Rainbow-Colored Chimney in Paris

Jul 16, 2014

In Paris’ affluent district of La Défense, you will find some of the most remarkable pieces of modern art. Within an area of 400 acres, ther...

Glass Paperweights by Paul Joseph Stankard

Jul 16, 2014

These beautiful paperweights with embedded miniature gardens are all made of glass. They were created by New Jersey-based artist Paul Joseph...

Gee Bee Model R: A Cute But Dangerous Airplane

Jul 15, 2014

The Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster is a classic airplane designed by Granville Brothers Aircraft of Springfield, Massachusetts, and built s...

The Enchanting Island of Gaztelugatxe

Jul 14, 2014

Gaztelugatxe is a little island situated in the Bay of Biscay just outside the Spanish coast in Basque Country. The island is crowned by a s...

The Ancient Windmills of Nashtifan

Jul 13, 2014

Wind power has been used by humans since antiquity. Great oceans were crossed to explore unknown lands by putting up sails against the wind....

Lake Heviz: Europe's Largest Thermal Lake

Jul 13, 2014

Lake Heviz is located close to the town of Heviz in Hungary, near the western end of Lake Balaton, about 8 km away from Keszthely. At 47,500...

The Petrified Waterfalls of Hierve el Agua

Jul 12, 2014

Hierve el Agua is located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, about 70 km east of Oaxaca city, and 14 km southeast of the town of Mitla. Hierve ...

Badab-e Surt: A Step Terraced Hot Spring in Iran

Jul 11, 2014

Badab-e Surt is a natural wonder located in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran, 95 kilometers south of the city of Sari. The site consist ...

Photos of People Posing With a Week’s Worth of Their Own Trash

Jul 11, 2014

Garbage is a universal problem, more so in developed and developing countries due to their extensive use of plastic, junk food and their pac...

Krubera Cave – The World’s Deepest Cave

Jul 11, 2014

Krubera Cave, also known as Voronya Cave (Russian for “Crow’s Cave”) is the deepest known cave on Earth. It is located in the Arabika Massif...

The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa

Jul 9, 2014

High above the Aegean Sea on the island of Amorgos, the most eastern of the Greek Cycladic Islands, lies the spectacular Byzantine monastery...

Amedee Lighthouse

Jul 8, 2014

The Amédée lighthouse is an iron lighthouse located on Amédée Island, 24 km away from Nouméa, New Caledonia. At 56 meters tall, it is one of...

The Azaleas of Shiofune Kannon-ji Temple in Japan

Jul 8, 2014

Shiofune Kannon-ji is a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple in Ome City, in Japan, about 30 minutes by car from Yokota. The temple is located in ...