Corleone is an Italian town and commune of roughly 11,158 inhabitants in Sicily. Several Mafia bosses have come from Corleone, including: Tommy Gagliano, Jack Dragna, Giuseppe Morello, Michele Navarra, Luciano Leggio, Leoluca Bagarella, Salvatore Riina and Bernardo Provenzano. It is also the birthplace of several fictional characters in Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather, including the…
Colorado is a home to the Rocky Moutains and many canyons, one of them is Eldorado Canyon. The place is well known among rock climbers, because of the Bastille Crack. Considering the overall type of a climb: length, number of hard pitches, difficulty and time, this route is given 5.8 rating. This means, that route…
Villa Escudero Plantations and Resort, Philippines is the home to a restaurant Labassin Waterfall. The restaurant is located directly at the foot of a small man-made waterfall. The food is served on a bamboo tables, that stand right in the water. The place is about 2.5 hours drive from the capital of the Philippines, Manila….
There is a cafe in Amsterdam where children cook and serve. KinderkookkafΓ© is a family restaurant that is run entirely by children: they cook, serve, bring the bill and wash up, all with a little help from adults. Parents leave their children in the afternoon and when they come back, they try what the children…
The Bund Finance Center is a development of eight buildings on over 100 acres in waterfront of Shanghai, China. The center includes office buildings, a boutique hotel, luxury retail space and a cultural center. Arts and cultural center includes an exhibition and event hall and it was inspired by the traditional Chinese theater. But, the…
Japan is well known for its innovative ideas, while preserving its authenticity. Kayashima Station, in Osaca is no exception. The local engineers found an ingenious way of protecting nature. At the Kayashima Station, a giant tree cuts right through the middle of the station and out through its roof. The protected camphor tree is over…
Imagine walking through a park and suddenly seeing 20 massive colorful cubes raising from the ground. Or, seeing a red trumped-shaped object of a few dozen feet long placed at the top of a hill! Although, it feels very much like Alice in Wonderland, this place is as real as it gets and it’s right…
It seems like Paris has not much to offer, besides the Eiffel tower and romantic dinners. But, somewhere close to the Seine river, hidden between the buildings, a strange shape rises from the ground, that looks like an UFO has just landed on Earth. Although it may not seem anything like a cathedral, that’s exactly…