Crimea Landscapes: Natural Wonders & Ancient Ruins [38 PICS]
Although the Swallow’s Nest castle high on the cliff above the beautiful Black Sea has become an icon for Crimea, Crimea is so much more than a castle or resorts along the Black Sea. Here are some of...
View Article6 National Parks of Ireland: Castles, Cliffs, Green Mossy Landscapes [38 PICS]
Kylemore Abbey in Connemara is about 6km (10 minutes) from Connemara National Park. For St. Patrick’s Day, let’s look upon the green beauty of Ireland and scenic landscapes found in the 6 National...
View ArticleSacred Valley of the Incas: Salt, Stones & Secrets [42 PICS]
Inca salt ponds, Sacred Valley in Peru. The photographer wrote, “Indians mined salt slopes of the valley from pre-Inca times. Today, 700 to 800 families owning some 3600 basins are organized as a...
View Article45 Sizzling Snaps & Pictures of the Year: Smoking Hot Photo Contest in the...
1st place winner in the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2013 Contest. The photo description states, “The glass bulb of the lightbulb has been opened, causing the inert gas inside to escape. When...
View ArticleAbandoned Asylum: Horrors of Forest Haven [44 PICS]
Left behind luggage at abandoned Forest Haven asylum. Like this luggage, patient records and sensitive information were all left behind. This place seems like the saddest version of Hotel California...
View Article60 Awesome Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography to Make Marvelous Miniature Worlds
St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City in tilt shift. This type of “tilt-shift photography” can be done either by tilting the camera lens to distort the plane of focus and shifting the lens to distort the...
View ArticleThrill Seekers: Virtual Ride on Highest Ranked Roller Coasters in 2015 [PICS,...
Thrill seekers have traveled thousands of miles to ride thousands of roller coasters. Although amusement parks compete to build the tallest, fastest, and longest rides, those records rarely last long...
View ArticleRomantic Worldwide Phenomenon of Love Locks [50 PICS]
Institut de France in Paris at night with love padlocks covering both sides of Pont des Arts pedestrian bridge…before the romantic gesture was banned and the railings were replaced with glass. Love...
View ArticleTunnel of Love in Many Romantic Flavors [35 PICS]
Again and again people see “tunnels of love” that a less imaginative person, or one not in love, might see only as a tunnel of some sort. However, the leafy green arches over a railway track in...
View ArticleHill of Crosses: Lithuanian Landmark, Story of Hope, Defiance, Faith &...
Hill of Crosses on a sunny day in Lithuania. Some estimates say there are 100,000 crosses on this hill, but that seems like a low estimate for this pilgrimage site that is packed with crosses,...
View ArticleGrass Roofs Across the Globe [54 PICS]
Grass roofs on wooden houses in Tysfjord, Norway. Sod roofs, or grass roofs, were traditional types of Scandinavian green roofs. Photo #1 by hqwalls A shed with a green roof at the east coast of...
View ArticleUnconventional Dr Seuss-like Architecture of Hundertwasser [41 PICS]
It’s alive, Hundertwasser House in Austria. It’s both an apartment house and expressionist landmark in Vienna that was built after the idea and concept of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser....
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