Archive for November, 2010
Khaju Bridge , Iran
Khaju Bridge located in Isfahan, Iran is one of the most famous and beautiful bridges in the world . It was built by Shah Abbas II in 1667, on the foundations of an older bridge. The Khaju Bridge is approximately 132 meters long and 20 meters wide. Along the length of the bridge are watchtowers. [...]
Willis Tower, the tallest building in the western hemisphere
Willis Tower, also known as Sears Tower , located in Chicago, Illinois is a 108-story, 1451-foot (442 m) skyscraper . Standing at 1,451 feet and 110 stories high, Willis Tower is the tallest building in the western hemisphere. At the time of its completion in 1974, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing [...]
Rovaniemi , Santa’s home town
Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa , lives far , far away in the north , right at the foot of a mysterious mountain called Korvatunturi in Rovaniemi , Finnish Lapland. Santa Claus lives with his wife, his elves and his reindeer and he’s in fact been [...]
Chicago Spire – The tallest building in the US
The Chicago Spire is a skyscraper that is planned to be built in Chicago, Illinois. The building was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and was being developed by Garrett Kellehr of Shelbourne Development Group, Inc. At 2,000 feet (610 m) and with 150 floors, it will be among the world’s tallest buildings and freestanding structures, and [...]
Bryce Canyon National Park , Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park , located in Utah about 50 miles (80 km) northeast and 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than Zion National Park , is a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by wind, water and ice erosion [...]
Giuseppe Meazza | San Siro stadium
Giuseppe Meazza is the F.C. Internationale Milano’s football stadium located in the western part of Milano , Italy . It is also called San Siro because of it’s location – San Siro district in Milano . It is the home of both A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano. Giuseppe Meazza is named in honour of [...]
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park located in Sierra Nevada of California , covers an area of 761,268 acres (3,080.74 km2) . Almost 4 million people visit Yosemite each year most of them spending their time in the seven square miles (18 km2) of Yosemite Valley. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite National Park is internationally [...]
Olympic National Park – A Land of Contrasts and Variety
Olympic National Park , located Washington state , USA, is a land of contrasts and variety. Here you can find Pacific Ocean beaches, rain forest valleys, glacier-capped peaks and a stunning variety of plants and animals. Roads provide access to the outer edges of the park, but the heart of Olympic is wilderness. The coastal [...]
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art , located in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park , is one of the largest museums in the United States. The Museum was established in 1876 in conjunction with the Centennial Exposition of the same year. Originally called the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, it was inspired by the South Kensington [...]
Denali , America’s highest peak
Mount McKinley or Denali located in Alaska, USA , is Amerca’s highest mountain peak with a summit elevation of 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level. Denali is the centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount McKinley has a larger bulk and rise than Mount Everest, although the summit of Everest is higher at 29,029 feet [...]
