Located on top a historical peak in the Central Stara Planina, Bulgaria, the Buzludzha monument looks like an alien ship out of a sci-fi movie. Built in 1981, the monument is closed for the public. Aside from the unusual architecture, which took seven years and 6,000 workers to complete, the interior is filled with intricate…
Nagoro is a slowly shrinking village tucked into the steep valleys of Shikoku in Tokushima Prefecture. Technically part of the remote Higashi-Iya area of Miyoshi City, the region is promoted locally as “Sky Village – Scarecrow Village.” According to the official Miyoshi City Tourism site, Nagoro sits deep inside the legendary Iya Valley — one…
U.S. Route 50 is one of America’s most fascinating cross-country highways. Stretching nearly 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, California, this legendary east–west route cuts through deserts, mountain ranges, tiny forgotten towns, and the famously empty stretch in Nevada known as “The Loneliest Road in America.” US Route 50 Map:…
Shaped over thousands of years by the crashing waves, Kannesteinen Rock is a magnificent mushroom shaped rock formation located in the rural village of Oppedal, Norway, approximately 10 km west of the center of Måløy. While difficult to measure the exact size by looking at the photographs, the rock is about three feet high and…
Deep underneath the hilly landscapes of North Island, New Zealand is hidden an amazing cave lit with glowworms.
Back in 1942, the U.S. Navy began construction of the Haʻikū Radio Station: a top secret facility that was to be used to transmit radio signals to the Navy ships that were then operating throughout the Pacific. They needed a radio transceiver and they needed it to be really high, so the peak of Puʻukeahiakahoe…
Dreaming Camera (Café Dreamy Camera, Korean: 꿈꾸는 사진기) is the family-run coffeehouse located in Yangpyeong County, east of Seoul. It was built by a former air-force helicopter pilot with a passion for photography. This unusually big camera coffee shop has been his dream for several years and it finally came true when he built it…
Akkurum (Ak-Corum) is located on the right bank of the river Chulyshman, Altai region of Russia. Akkurum translates as the “white rockslide.” Generally, “kurums” are large boulders formed by erosion and weathering. One of the interesting facts about the kurums is that they are slowly moving down the slope.