1. San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, United States The San Francisco City Hall was built in 1906 as a replacement of an Old City Hall was completed in 1899 after 27 years of planning and construction. The building was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1906. The current The San Francisco City Hall was built in between 1913-1915 …
1. Himeji Castle in Himeji, Japan The most visited castle in Japan, Himeji Castle is considered the Surviving 17th-century Monument. The Himeji Castle, unlike other castles in the country, was never destroyed in any wars or disasters. The castle still maintains its historical composition and form. The castle was built 1346 and was originally called Himeyama Castle. It later went …
1. Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, United States Opened on 27 May 1937 and was the longest suspension bridge span in the world at the time. This remained until Verrazano Narrows bridge was built in New York in 1964, Golden Gate bridge is now the seventh longest main span and one of the most amazing bridge in the world. …
1. Colosseum In Rome, Italy The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an ancient elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering. Occupying a …
1. Leaning Tower Of Pisa In Pisa, Italy The Leaning Tower of Pisa is famously known for its lean. It was built in 1173 by Bonnano Pisano. One of the famous tower was originally intended to stand vertically but began sinking due to poor laid foundation. It was noticed during the construction of the third storey in 1178 and major …
1. Monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon, Portugal The Monument to the Discoveries, Padro dos Descobrimentos, is quite a distinctive structure standing at a height of 52 m (170 ft), this concrete slab is shaped like the front of a ship. This represents ships which departed from the banks of the Tagus river during the Age of Discovery. The monument …
So many other-worldly nature places exist right on our planet, and we never even knew about it. Here are few natural landmarks that look like paintings and scenes from science fiction movies. 1 Highlands, Iceland The isolated highlands of Iceland have some of the most superb natural sights in the Northern Hemisphere. The mind blowing glaciers, craters, lakes and geysers …
Mark Thorpe, a Japan-based wildlife photographer, has made a time lapse of an event that is only fully visible twice a year: The passage of the Milky Way over Mount Fuji. Thorpe, an Emmy Award-winning wildlife photographer with 20 years of experience, moved to Japan two years ago with his Japanese wife and their son. He combined his recent interests …
Aogashima is a small, tropical volcanic island in the Philippine Sea, under the administration of Tokyo in Japan despite being located some 358 kilometres away from the country’s capital. It is the southernmost and the most isolated inhabited island of the Izu archipelago. The island itself is a giant volcanic crater, and within that crater there’s another, smaller volcano. Aogashima …
As Japan’s highest mountain, the legendary Mount Fuji stands 12,388 feet (3,776 meters) tall. Travellers from around the world head to Hakone National Park to see the mount Fuji, and over 1 million of them hike all the way to the top each year for the 360-degree views of Lake Ashi, the Hakone mountains, and the Owakudani Valley. Whether you …