We found this beautiful “collection” of places where you can go bungee jumping across the world on Artsy Time. From dramatic mountain edges to bridges and tall urban buildings, these places will feed your need for adrenaline like no others when it comes to this particular sport. Check them out and be sure to...
Read more »
Top of Tirol is a mountain-top viewing platform placed in the Stubai Glacier, Tirolean Alps, one hour away from Innsbruck, Austria. To be more precise, the innovative project made in 2008 by Astearchitecture sets on the Great Isidor which is centrally positioned in the Stubai Glacier, dividing it into the western half and eastern...
Read more »
The Reed Flute Cave, also known as “the Palace of Natural Arts”, is a natural limestone cave situated in the northwest of Guilin City, China. It is said that locals gave this name from the reeds growing outside it, as they were used for making flutes. With a length of 240 meters, the cave...
Read more »
“If heaven isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, send me back to Gimmelwald.” (Rick Steves) Gimmelwald is a beautiful mountain village located in Bernese Highlands region of Switzerland, on the western side of Weisse Lutschine valley just above Stechelberg. It’s a perfect place for Alp-aholics because it offers incredible views with majestic cliffs,...
Read more »
![Nature As a Way of Expression: Rice Field Art in Japan [VIDEO]](http://www.tourismontheedge.com/wp-content/themes/magazine-basic/thumb.php?src=http://www.tourismontheedge.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/rice_art_2010_benkei-left-and-ushiwakamaru-right.jpg&h=80&w=80&zc=1&q=80)
Rice field art or tanbo art is a Japanese project originated in the village of Inakadate, Aomori in the Tōhoku region. It all started in 1993 when the locals searched for a way to revitalize their village and to develop tourism. After they realized that cultivating rice is an old tradition in the area,...
Read more »
Antelope Canyon is located on Navajo land near Page Arizona, in the American Southwest. It has two slot canyon sections – Upper and Lower Antelope, each one containing amazing passages carved in sandstone due to flash flooding and other sub-aerial processes. Usually, in the monsoon season, rainwater infiltrates in these canyons, picking up speed...
Read more »
Man-Pupu-Nyor (little mountain of the gods) is a magical geological legacy sculpted deep within the Ural mountains in Russia. It consists of seven impressive rock formations with heights varying from 30 to 42 meters which reign over the solitary mountain plateau. The Seven Giants are located in an inhospitable and remote region in the Komi...
Read more »
Kluane National Park is located in the south-west corner of Yukon Territory, Canada and covers an area of 22,016 square kilometres. Mountains and glaciers dominate the park’s surface, covering 82% of its landscape. The highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan ((5,959 m) is a part of Kluane National Park and reigns over this beautiful...
Read more »
The Stone Forest of Shilin is located in the Lunan Yu Autonomous County, southeast of Kunming Qujing Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China. This amazing “forest” is said to exist for over 270 million years, from the Paleozoic era. It is a karst landform with unique limestones (sedimentary rocks composed largely from minerals), which were...
Read more »
Jeju Island or also known as Jeju-do (a short form of Jeju Special Autonomous Province) is the only special autonomous province of South Korea and the country’s largest island. It’s situated southwest of Jeollanam-do Province in the Korea Strait, a sea passage between South Korea and Japan. Although the island isn’t a famous destination...
Read more »
