The Tear Drop Memorial: The Forgotten Monument to The Victims of 9/11

Sep 12, 2015

“We will never forget”, is the phrase that has been famously repeated over and over again since the devastating attack on New York City on S...

The Hammetschwand Lift: Europe’s Tallest Outdoor Elevator

Sep 11, 2015

The lookout point at the summit of Switzerland’s famous mountain Bürgenstock offers stunning panoramic views of the Alps, Lake Lucerne, and ...

The Thornborough Henges

Sep 11, 2015

The Thornborough Henges is one of the most important pre-historic site in Britain, yet scarcely visited by tourists. It’s an earthwork compl...

The Mississippi River Basin Model

Sep 10, 2015

After decades of devastating flood in the Mississippi River Basin, Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1928 which called for immediate ...

Nebra Sky Disk: The World’s Oldest Star Map

Sep 9, 2015

In 1999, three grave robbers were combing through a forest near Nebra, about 180 km south-west of Berlin, Germany, using metal detectors whe...

The Chullpas of Sillustani

Sep 8, 2015

Sillustani is located 34 km northwest of the city of Puno, on the shore of beautiful Umayo Lagoon, in Peru. It is one of the many sites in t...

The Anavilhanas Archipelago

Sep 8, 2015

The archipelago of Anavilhanas is located on the Rio Negro river, approximately 70 km upstream from Manaus, Brazil, at a place where the riv...

The Lion’s Mound at The Battlefield of Waterloo

Sep 7, 2015

The historic Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, took place near the town of Waterloo, in present day Belgium, in the municipalities of Bra...

The Cirkelbroen Bridge in Copenhagen

Sep 7, 2015

Copenhagen has a new artistic landmark, a bridge called Cirkelbroen, designed by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and opened last...

The Glittering Gold Museum in Bogota

Sep 7, 2015

The Gold Museum in Bogota is one of Columbia’s most important museums with an extraordinary collection of Pre Hispanic gold work on display....

The Neon Museum of Las Vegas

Sep 5, 2015

Not too far from the Las Vegas strip lies a junkyard filled with huge neon signs – signs that once proudly adorned such famous nightclubs an...

The Maunsell Sea Forts

Sep 5, 2015

The Maunsell Sea Forts in the estuaries of rivers Thames and Mersey were built to help defend the United Kingdom during the second World War...

Hacienda Nápoles: The Home of a Former Drug Lord, Now a Theme Park

Sep 4, 2015

About 180 km south-east of Medellin, is Puerto Triunfo, a small municipality and town in the department of Antioquia. It was here that Colom...

Encontro das Aguas - The Meeting of Waters

Sep 4, 2015

About 10 kilometers from the inland city of Manaus in northern Brazil, the black Rio Negro river, which flows through the city, meet the san...

Dasht-e Kavir, The Great Salt Desert

Sep 3, 2015

Dasht-e Kavir, also known the Great Salt Desert, is a large desert lying in the middle of the Iranian plateau, about 300 kilometers east-sou...

The Strange Beauty of Soviet Bus Stops

Sep 3, 2015

Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig travelled through the length and breadth of the former Soviet Union to document a curious phenomen...

The Newspaper Rock in Utah

Sep 2, 2015

Newspaper Rock is a 200 square foot rock surface in San Juan County, Utah, that is covered by hundreds of ancient Indian petroglyphs — rock ...

The Trestles of Myra Canyon

Sep 1, 2015

The Myra Canyon section of the Kettle Valley Railway in southern British Columbia, Canada, is a 9.6 km section of railway tracks along the f...

Gas Works Park in Seattle

Aug 31, 2015

Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington, is an unusual public park located on the site of a former coal gasification plant, on the shores of L...

Scars of World War I: The Battlefield of Beaumont-Hamel

Aug 31, 2015

The village of Beaumont-Hamel, in northern France, was one of the fortress villages located just behind the German lines during the Battle o...