Potala Palace
The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum...
Category: World Heritage
New 7 Wonders of the World
In 2001 an initiative was started by the Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation to choose the New7Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. Twenty-one finalists were announced January 1, 2006. Egyptians...
Hanging Gardens of Babylon – The Ancient Wonders of the World
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is the only one whose location has not been definitively established. The Hanging Gardens were a distinctive feature of ancient...
Great Pyramid of Giza – The Ancient Wonders of the World
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of...
Ghost Island of Hashima
The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island’s most notable features are the abandoned and undisturbed concrete apartment buildings and the surrounding sea wall. It...
Petra – Jordan
Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the southern Jordanian governorate of Ma’an that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Another name for Petra is the Rose City due...
Tianzi(Son of Heaven) Mountains, China
Tianzi Mountain takes its name from a man-Xiang Dakun. He was the leader of Tu ethnic group during the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 -1279). Xiang Dakun led a revolution and...
Mount Everest – Earth’s highest mountain
The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. Its peak rises to 8,848 m (29,028 ft 9 in) – the highest point in the world. Mount Everest is the Earth’s highest mountain,...
The World’s Highest Waterfall – Angel Falls, Venezuela
Angel Falls is the World’s Highest Waterfalll in Venezuela, with a height of 979 m and a plunge of 807 m. The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyantepui mountain in the Canaima...
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 km (140 mi) northwest...
Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron
The Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron – This is the largest of the monasteries located at Metéora. It was erected in the mid-14th century and was the subject of restoration and embellishment projects in...
The Meteora – Greece
The Metéora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the...
The Dream Land Bora Bora
The Ultimate Dream Island Nothing says South Seas escape more than Bora-Bora. This is the very island that had travelers hocking their worldly possessions for a romantic sojourn: nights in the island’s over-water bungalows...
Easter Island
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian Triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous...
The Nazca Lines
The Nazca lines are enormous drawings on the ground that streth across the Nazca desert in southern Peru. They were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The high, arid plateau stretches...
Stonehenge Mystery
Stonehenge is a circle of 17 upright stones called sarsens which stands on salisbury Plain in Southwest England. It is a prehistoric monument in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west...
A historical region in Central Anatolia – CAPPADOCIA – TURKEY
Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province, in Turkey. This bizarre but beautiful place located in the ancient region of Anatolia in modern day Turkey may be one of...
Symbol of love”Taj Mahal “
The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal...
