Columbia River Gorge

Aswan - Nile River

Part of the Holy Land, Egypt offers a fascinating mixture of ancient pyramids, temples and other religious monuments. There are numerous possibilities to explore Egypt from desert treks to trips down the Nile or scuba diving in the Red Sea and along the Sinai coast. Cairo, which means “The Triumphant”, is home to th...

Gunnersbury Park

Gunnersbury Park is a park in the Brentford  ward of the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London. Purchased for the nation from the Rothschild family, it was opened to the public by Neville Chamberlain, then Minister of Health, on 21 May 1926. The park is currently jointly managed by Ealing and Hounslow borough c...

Uckermark

  Der brandenburgische Landkreis Uckermark ist mit 3.058 km² der nach Fläche größte Landkreis in Deutschland. Der Landkreis Uckermark liegt im äußersten Nordosten des Landes Brandenburg an der Grenze zur Republik Polen. Das Gebiet des Landkreises deckt den überwiegenden Teil der seenreichen Region Uckermark ab, der ...

Lagrasse

Lagrasse is a medieval village in the South of France, overlooking the Orbieu river. A bridge was originally built over the river in the 12th century. The Benedictine Abbey in the town was founded in 880AD. Many of the houses in Lagrasse date back to the 11th century.

Isfahan

History and OverviewIsfahan is located in central Iran, equidistant from the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. It sits on both the east-west and north-south trade routes which traverse the country.Isfahan has artifacts dating back to the Paleolithic period, and written history going back to ancient Aspandana. At one...

Lorch

Die liebenswerte Kleinstadt Lorch, mit ca. 11.000 Einwohnern, im Herzen des Stauferlandes liegt am westlichen Rand des Ostalbkreises in Baden-Württemberg. Die Stadt wird durch ihre römische und staufersche Vergangenheit geprägt. Das Wahrzeichen der Stadt, das Kloster Lorch, liegt weit sichtbar auf einer Anhöhe über ...

Polenovo

three-storied white house stands on the high hill over the Oka river for more than 100 years. It's architecture is peculiar and unique. The house was designed by Polenov and built in 1892. three-storied white house stands on the high hill over the Oka river for more than 100 years. It's architecture is peculiar and ...

Zion National Park, Utah

Zion National Park is home to many great canyons, peaks, views, and arches.  This is a collection of 

Schokland

Schokland is a former island in the Dutch Zuiderzee. Schokland lost its status as an island when the Noordoostpolder was reclaimed from the sea in 1942. The remains are still visible as a slightly elevated part in the polder and by the still partly intact retaining wall of the waterfront of 'Middelbuurt'. As a resul...

Cappadocia

Cappadocia is a part of central Turkey. Eruptions of several volcanoes (e.g. Erciyes Dag, Hasan Dag) had covered the area with tuff. Erosion dug valleys and created an uncountable number of different shaped rocks. The tuff's ability to store water made the valleys much more fertile than the higher surroundings. Afte...

Narragansett Bay

Narragansett Bay dominates the geography of the tiny state of Rhode Island, extending 25 miles northwards and inland from the Atlantic Ocean right into the heart of its major cities.  It is fed by the watersheds of 3 major rivers: the Blackstone, the Taunton and the Pawtuxet.  Narragansett Bay defines the region's c...

Rapa Nui - Easter Island

Rapa Nui is the most remote inhabited island on earth. You may recognize this place by its common title "Easter Island". The island pokes out of the ocean with one hundred fifty square miles of area, but this is only the tip of a giant extinct volcano rising ten thousand feet from the ocean floor.Easter Island got i...