Mendenhall Glacier – Alaska
Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier about 12 miles (19 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier...
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Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier about 12 miles (19 km) long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier...
Hitachi Seaside Park is a public park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan. Covering an area of 190 hectares, the park features blooming flowers around the year. The park has become known for its baby...
Here is our list for top 10 Scariest Places In The World. 1) Pluckley, Kent Pluckley has been named the most haunted village in England by the Guinness World Records. According to records, the...
The Island of the Dolls is a very small man-made island situated in Xochimilco, Mexico, and it is part of an ancient canal system created by the Aztecs during the pre-Hispanic period. A man...
Pluckley has been named the most haunted village in England by the Guinness World Records. According to records, the surrounding area has about 12 to 16 ghosts. Pluckley, Kent’s paranormal portfolio hosts various spectres...
Beechworth Lunatic Asylum or haunted Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum is a decommissioned hospital located in a town of Victoria, Australia. Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum was the fourth such Hospital to be built in Victoria,...
The Bhangarh Fort is a 17th-century fort built in Rajasthan, India. It is located on the border of the Sariska Reserve in the Aravali range of hills in Alwar district of Rajasthan. The...
The Avenue of the Baobabs is a prominent group of baobab trees lining the dirt road between Morondava and Belon’i Tsiribihina in the Menabe region in western Madagascar. Its striking landscape draws travelers from...
1) Bingham Canyon Mine – Utah The Bingham Canyon Mine is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine...
Goa is India’s smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population with exotic beaches, amazing sunset view, golden sand and coconut palms. Goa is India’s richest state with a GDP per capita two and a half times...
Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal with a population of 547,631. Lisbon is recognised as a global city because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism. It is one of the major...
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The Cinque Terre is part of the coast in the Liguria region of Italy. The terraces built on the rugged landscape are a popular tourist attraction. Five higgledy-piggledy villages – Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola...
Ball Pyramid is the tallest volcanic stack in the world that was formed about 7 million years ago. It lies 20 kilometre south-east of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean. The pyramid was named after Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, who discovered it...
Waitomo Glowworm Caves on the north island of New Zealand is the amazing place which attract the tourists towords it. This Cave is know for its population of glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa. These species found exclusively in New Zealand...
The Chittaur Fort is the largest and well known fort in Rajasthan,India. Its origins are traced to the Pandavas of Mahabharata. It is said that Bhima, one of the Pandava brothers, built the fort....
Aogashima is a small, tropical volcanic island in the Philippine Sea, under the administration of Tokyo despite being located some 358 kilometers away from the Tokyo, Japan. It is the southernmost and the most...
Tunnel of Love is a beautiful long, leafy tunnel in Klevan, Ukraine. It looks like looks like a green dream or a scene from a film but it can actually be found deep in the forests of Ukraine. Located near...
Oberalp Pass highway is a high mountain pass in Switzerland connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis and Andermatt. It is located 2044 meters above the sea level in the Swiss Mountain...
During the rainy seasons, Salar de Uyuni becomes one of the largest mirrors in the world. Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers. It is located in the southwest...
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...
The Akshardham temple in Indian capital New Delhi measures 356 ft. long, 316 ft. wide and 141 ft. high, covering an area of 86,342 sq. ft. and has set the world record for the...
The Georgia Aquarium holds more than 8.5 million gallons (31,000 cubic meters) of salt and fresh water and displays up to 120,000 animals that represent 500 species – setting the new world record for...
San Alfonso del Mar is a private resort in Algarrobo, Chile, about 100 km (62 mi) west of the capital Santiago. The resort is recognised as having the world’s largest swimming pool. San Alfonso del...
Jiaozhou Bay Bridge or Qingdao Haiwan Bridge is a 26.7 km (16.6 mi) long roadway bridge in eastern China’s Shandong province, which is part of the 41.58 km (25.84 mi) Jiaozhou Bay Connection Project....
The JW Marriott Marquis Dubai Hotel is the world’s tallest hotel, a 72-storey, 355 m (1,165 ft) twin-tower skyscraper complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The AED1.8 billion features a 1,608-room hotel run by...
The Kollur Mine in Guntur district of old Golkonda kingdom, India, was one of the most productive diamond mines in India and the first major diamond center. It is situated on the right bank...
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,...
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 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...
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 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 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 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 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 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...
Teotihuacan also written Teotihuacán, is an enormous archaeological site in the Basin of Mexico, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Mexico City, containing some of the largest pyramidal structures built in the pre-Columbian Americas. The...
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...
The Hanging Temple or Hanging Monastery is a temple built into a cliff (75 m or 246 ft above the ground) near Mount Heng in Hunyuan County, Shanxi province, China. The closest city...
This incredible walled town has been built on the top a massive rocky outcrop within the Haraz Mountains of western central Yemen in a region known as the San‘a’ Governorate. Its history is so...
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...
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The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize...
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Image Credit:Karsten Sperling, http://spiff.de/photo These large, spherical, alien and strangely beautiful boulders are mainly located on Koekohe Beach, part of the Otago coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Known as “Moeraki Boulders” they were...