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 βSky Village β Scarecrow Village.β According to the official Miyoshi City Tourism site, Nagoro sits deep inside the legendary Iya Valley β one…
U.S. Route 50 is one of Americaβs most fascinating cross-country highways. Stretching nearly 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, California, this legendary eastβwest route cuts through deserts, mountain ranges, tiny forgotten towns, and the famously empty stretch in Nevada known as βThe Loneliest Road in America.β 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 MΓ₯lΓΈy. 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 HaΚ»ikΕ« 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 PuΚ»ukeahiakahoe…
Dreaming Camera (CafΓ© Dreamy Camera, Korean: κΏκΎΈλ μ¬μ§κΈ°) 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.
Somewhere on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, nestled at the foot of a desert mountain range, sits an odd sight that is almost completely out of place: hundreds of seats for an outdoor movie theater. If you have planned to visit the most ancient and historical region on this planet and…
