Diomede Islands: Two Islands Split by the US-Russian Border and the International Date Line

Feb 28, 2014

The Diomede Islands are a pair of rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. Though the t...

The Ancient Sea Wall at Batroun, Lebanon

Feb 27, 2014

Batroun is a coastal city in northern Lebanon lying 50 km north of Beirut and 30 km south of Tripoli. It is one of the oldest cities in the ...

The Equator in Ecuador

Feb 27, 2014

Although the equator runs through hundreds of places, one country that takes particular pride in its unique geographical location is Ecuador...

Dean's Blue Hole, World's Deepest Blue Hole

Feb 26, 2014

Dean's Blue Hole near Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas, is the world's deepest known “blue hole” - a term given to any deep, wa...

Irohazaka Winding Road, Japan

Feb 26, 2014

Irohazaka are a pair of winding roads connecting the lower elevation around central Nikko, in the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, to...

Meoto Iwa, the Wedded Rocks

Feb 26, 2014

Meoto Iwa, also called the “husband and wife rocks” or “wedded rocks”, are a pair of small rocky stacks in the sea right in front of the Fut...

The Old Man of Storr

Feb 25, 2014

The Old Man of Storr is a large pinnacle of rock located on the north of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland, in an area known as ‘Trotternish’. T...

The Colorful Island of Burano, Italy

Feb 25, 2014

Burano is an island in the Northern Venetian Lagoon, just 40 minutes away from Venice by boat. Burano is an old fishing village, and the fis...

Limestone Boulders of Castle Hill in New Zealand

Feb 22, 2014

Castle Hill is located 120 km west of Christchurch close to the Great Alpine Highway 73, between Darfield and Arthur's Pass in New Zeala...

Toilet Bowl Waterfall in Foshan, China

Feb 22, 2014

Foshan, a city in central Guangdong province in China, has one of the strangest public art - a fountain built out of 10,000 recycled toilets...