A Canyon Where Gigantic Pines Grow

Mar 7, 2014

Inside the Bryce Canyon National Park , in the narrow alleys formed by towering rocks on either side, grow one of the tallest trees of the S...

Painted Hills of Oregon

Mar 6, 2014

Painted Hills is one of the three units that make up the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, located in Wheeler County, Oregon. The Pain...

Juzcar, The Spanish Village That Painted Itself Blue

Mar 6, 2014

Juzcar is a small town and municipality in the autonomous province of Andalusia, 113 km away from the city of Malaga and 25 km from Ronda. O...

Bainbridge Rocks of Galapagos Islands

Mar 5, 2014

The Bainbridge Rocks are a group of small rocky islets off the southeastern coast of Santiago Island, in Galápagos Archipelago. One of these...

The Historic Villages of Shirakawa and Gokayama

Mar 5, 2014

Shirakawa and Gokayama are two Japanese villages located in Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture, respectively, known for their traditional...

Zalipie, The Painted Village

Mar 4, 2014

Zalipie is a village in southeastern Poland, 68 km east of the regional capital Kraków, known for its wonderfully painted houses. The trad...

Diomede Islands: Two Islands Split by the US-Russian Border and the International Date Line

Feb 28, 2014

The Diomede Islands are a pair of rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. Though the t...

The Ancient Sea Wall at Batroun, Lebanon

Feb 27, 2014

Batroun is a coastal city in northern Lebanon lying 50 km north of Beirut and 30 km south of Tripoli. It is one of the oldest cities in the ...

The Equator in Ecuador

Feb 27, 2014

Although the equator runs through hundreds of places, one country that takes particular pride in its unique geographical location is Ecuador...

Dean's Blue Hole, World's Deepest Blue Hole

Feb 26, 2014

Dean's Blue Hole near Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas, is the world's deepest known “blue hole” - a term given to any deep, wa...