12 of the World’s Most Fascinating Ruins
Machu Picchu (Peru)
The most famous of all the Inca ruins, Machu Picchu appears to be suspended between two mountains and is often enshrouded in mist. It can’t be seen from the Urubamba Valley below and is an enchanting place, especially considering that the Incas didn’t even have the use of the wheel when they built it. Read more
Island Wonders of the World
Did you know that one in every ten people in the world lives on an island? There is even a word for a “craze or a strong attraction to islands” – islomania! From places of paradise to the last refuge of pirates each of these islands has set at least one world record and some have stories that are truly stranger than fiction. From the greatest and grandest to the most remote, mysterious, deadly and least populated, here are seven amazing islands from around the world. Read more
The World’s Most Thrilling Amusement Parks
Gone are the days of the simple wooden roller coaster and the secluded theme park. Amusement parks are constantly in competition, aiming to provide the best in entertainment, quality, and adventure. Their rides are climbing higher, dropping further, and flying faster than ever before. It’s tough to choose from amongst the hundreds of theme parks in existence, but we narrowed the staggering list down to our favorite nine.
10 Of The World’s Most Dangerous Roads
The Death Road (Bolivia)
The North Yungas Road, also known as The Death Road, is a 61 to 69 km road leading from La Paz to Coroico (Bolivia’s capital, to the Amazon region) in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger: in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as the “world’s most dangerous road. ” One estimate is that 200-300 travelers were killed yearly along the road. The road includes crosses marking many of the spots where such vehicles have fallen. Read more
10 Most Fascinating Castles and Palaces
May 2, 2009 by admin
Filed under Odd and Bizarre, Places
The Potala Palace: Tibet’s greatest monumental structure
Perched upon Marpo Ri hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, the Potala Palace rises a further 170 meters and is the greatest monumental structure in all of Tibet. In 637 Emperor Songtsen Gampo decided to build this palace on a hill, and the structure stood until the seventeenth century, when it was incorporated into the foundations of the greater buildings still standing today. Read more
10 Alien-Looking Places on Earth
Dry Valleys (Antartica)
Antarctica’s Dry Valleys, with their barren gravel-strewn floors, are said to be the most similar place on Earth to Mars. Its fascinating landscape, located within Victoria Land west of McMurdo Sound, get almost no snowfall, and except for a few steep rocks they are the only continental part of Antarctica devoid of ice. The terrain looks like something not of this Earth; the valley’s floor occasionally contains a perennially frozen lake with ice several meters thick. Under the ice, in the extremely salty water, live mysterious simple organisms, a subject of on-going research. Read more
9 Of The Most Repulsive Buildings On Earth
April 28, 2009 by admin
Filed under Odd and Bizarre, Places
The humans that designed the following monsters should be commended. I say that because it really can’t be easy making a building so disgusting and I actually think it takes more brainpower to make something this hideous than it does to come up with a stunner. So for effort i’d give them all a 10. Artistic merit?
So well done chaps. Really well done.
In No Particular Order… Read more
