Blue Caves – Zakynthos Island, Greece
The Blue Grotto or Blue Cave, is a water-logged sea cave located in a small bay called Balun, on the east side of the island of Biševo and about 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km)...
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Ball’s Pyramid
Ball’s Pyramid is an erosional remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 7 million years ago. Ball’s Pyramid is 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific...
Ice Canyon
The ice canyons in Greenland were carved by meltwater and are as deep as 150 feet. In late July 2006, a 2.2-square-mile lake atop the Greenland Ice Sheet sprung a leak. Like a draining...
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvice Lakes National Park is the oldest national park in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. The national park was founded in 1949 and is situated in the mountainous karst area...
Blue Lagoon Hot Springs
The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation. The spa is located in a lava field in Grindavík on...
The Crooked Forest
The Crooked Forest is located right outside of Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomerania, Poland. The grove contains approximately 400 pine trees with bent trunks. They were planted sometime in 1939, but why or who made...
Hotel La Montaña Mágica
Magic Mountain hotel is exactly what you think it is. It’s a hotel shaped like a mountain that spews water from the top. It’s located in Huilo Huilo, a private Natural Reserve in the...
Cinque Terre, Italy
The Cinque Terre is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera. It is in the Liguria region of Italy, to the west of the city of La Spezia. “The Five Lands”...
Wisteria Tunnel
Wisteria Tunnel is located at the Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu, Japan. Flowering trees hang overhead and the different colored rows speckle the garden. Each year, from April to May, wisteria blooms in copious...
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square...
Tunnel of love (ride)
The Tunnel of Love is a type of dark ride commonly found at carnivals and amusement parksin the early 20th Century. In its earliest incarnations, riders were taken by two passenger boats through dark...
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is a geographical area in the Atlantic Ocean which has been made infamous for the many people, aircraft, and surface vessels said to have disappeared...
The Sundarbans
The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.The Sunderbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering parts of Bangladesh and India. Two-third of the Sundarbans is in...
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park, The lake is 7,732 feet (2,376 m) above sea level and covers 136 square miles (350 km2) with 110 miles (177 km)...
The Seven Wonders of the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World refers to remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. 1.) Great Pyramid of Giza. 2) Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 3) Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. 4) Statue of...
Mount Vesuvius
Mt. Vesuvius is an Italian volcano that erupted on August 24 A.D. 79 blanketing the towns and 1000s of residents of Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum. ...
