2312 SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE - Maria Emilia Beach in São Tomé Island
As a country of tropical islands, São Tomé and Príncipe is pretty much surrounded by beaches, not exactly bustling with people. So if you like to have a beach for your self, this is the right place...
View Article2313 FRANCE (Brittany) - The Breton coast
Brittany is the largest French peninsula, bordered to the north by the English Channel, to the south by the Bay of Biscay and the waters located between the western coast and Ushant island form the...
View Article2129, 2314 UNITED STATES (Illinois) - Illinois map
Posted on 17.12.2015, 20.02.2016Located between Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan, Illinois is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast,...
View Article2315 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - The Queen Conch
Conch is a common name to a different medium to large-sized sea snails or their shells. The term generally applies to large snails whose shell has a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal. The...
View Article2316 UNITED STATES (Hawaii) - Keiki Aloha
In the Hawaiian language, aloha means affection, peace, compassion, and mercy. It derives from the Proto-Polynesian root *qarofa, and ultimately from Proto-Polynesian, and it has cognates in other...
View Article2317 CZECH REPUBLIC (South Bohemia) - Červená Lhota Castle
Located at the middle of a lake, on a rocky island, in south Bohemia, Červená Lhota (Red Lhota) is a castle that gracefully maintains the balance between a representative aristocratic residence and a...
View Article0295, 2318 NEW ZEALAND - Māori people
0295 A Māori manPosted on 01.08.2012, 21.02.2016In 1642, at about 350 years after Māori colonized New Zealand coming from the mythical home Hawaiki in their canoes (waka), Abel Tasman arrived with two...
View Article2319 UNITED STATES (Illinois) - Buckingham Fountain in Chicago
Built in a Rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, Buckingham Fountain in the center of Grant Park in Chicago is one of the largest fountains in the...
View Article2320 UNITED STATES (Rhode Island) - Rhode Island map
Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is located in New England region, and is bordered by Connecticut, Massachusetts, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the...
View Article2321 JAPAN (Kantō) - Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama
2321 Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, with Landmark Tower in center and Mount Fuji in backgroundWhen Japan emerged from centuries of isolation in the mid-19th century, Yokohama was a tiny fishing village,...
View Article2322 UNITED KINGDOM (Bermuda) - Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute
Opened in 1997, Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) has the purpose "to advance the understanding, appreciation and knowledge of the ocean and to encourage the protection and preservation...
View Article2323 RUSSIA (Moscow Oblast) - Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius...
Situated in the town of Sergiyev Posad, about 70 km to the north-east from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl, the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is a world famous spiritual centre of the Russian...
View Article2324 BELGIUM (Limburg) - Bocholt
Located 25 km north-west of Maaseik, on the border with the Netherlands, the municipality of Bocholt is best known for Martens brewery, the second highest production capacity in Belgium at 360 million...
View Article2325 UNITED STATES (New Hampshire) - New Hampshire map
Located in the New England region of the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is bordered by Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, the Canadian province of Quebec, and the Atlantic Ocean. Known for its...
View Article2326 UNITED STATES (New York) - United States Military Academy at West Point
The United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, The Academy or simply The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, a...
View Article2327 FRANCE (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) - Grottes de Trabuc
The Grottes de Trabuc (Caves of Trabuc), located not far from the hamlet of Mas Soubeyran, constitute of the largest coherent network of underground cavities in the Cevennes. To date, these system...
View Article2328 CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE - A Punu mask
The Punu, or Bapunu (Bapounou), are a Bantu group of Central Africa and one of the four major peoples of Gabon, inhabiting interior mountain and grassland areas in the southwest of the country, around...
View Article2329 NETHERLANDS (Sint Maarten) - The Westin Dawn Beach Resort & Spa
Westin Hotels & Resorts is an upscale hotel chain owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, which in 2013 operated over 192 hotels. Among them is the one situated on Dawn Beach, along St....
View Article2330-2333 ROMANIA (Caraș-Severin) - Reşiţa and its steam locomotives
Located in western Romania, in the Banat region, along the Bârzava river, which meets the Doman river in the centre of town, Reşiţa has been attested since the 15th century under the name of Rechyoka...
View Article2334 UNITED STATES (Maryland) - The United States Naval Academy Chapel in...
The United States Naval Academy was established in 1845 in Annapolis, but the current chapel, designed by Ernest Flagg, was built much later, between 1904 and1908. In 1940, the Chapel underwent...
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