1. Royal Exhibition Building In Melbourne, Australia The Royal Exhibition Building was completed in 1880 for the Melbourne International Exhibition, which attracted more than one million visitors. The building was designed by the architect Joseph Reed and the first stone was laid on 19 February, 1879. The Royal Exhibition Building has hosted several exhibitions between 1880-1901 including the opening of …
Wonderful Buildings in the World
1. Flatiron Building in New York City, United States Completed in 1902, Flatiron Building is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built and some consider it to be New York City’s first skyscraper. This is because the building was constructed using a steel skeleton construction technique, which was still highly unusual for the time. Today Flatiron Building …
Interesting Museums and Galleries
1. Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially The Met) is an art museum on the eastern edge of Central Park, along “Museum Mile” in New York City, United States. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, often called …
Mitchell Falls, Australia – World of Waterfalls
Mitchell Falls is a beautiful four-tiered waterfall located in the remote north of the Kimberley Region in Western Australia, about 2,140 kilometres northeast of Perth. It is located within Mitchell River National Park and is one of the park’s main attractions. Mitchell Falls can be accessed only helicopter or by foot during the dry season when the Gibb River Road …