Photo by Jhadow The Wieliczka Salt Mine is located in Wieliczka, a town near Krakow in southern Poland. It is considered one of the oldest salt mines in the world, since it continuously produced table salt from the Middle Ages (13th century) until 2007, when was transformed into a museum.…
Bled Island is located on Lake Bled, a glacial lake in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. It is the only natural island in Slovenia and it is well known for its unique location. Placed in a picturesque environment, with snowy mountains or green forests all around, the Bled island…
Itinerary: Timisoara-Bucharest-Cheia (close to Brasov)- Clabucetul Maneciului Peak (1460 meters- a small peak surrounded by incredible views- so they say)- Brasov-Tampa Peak-Timisoara Departure Time: 3 Days Total distance: around 1300 Kilometers When moving from one city to another (why else but for educational purposes? ), a nature freak should always remember…
Dutch photographer Maria Netsounski loves to play with perceptions and this set of photos demonstrates it very well. According to Wall to Watch, for this particular series of photographs entitled “IR”, the artist employed an infrared filter in order to completely turn around summer landscapes. The result? Each photography seems…
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 and is considered a world wonder by the Chinese. Shilin Stone Forest…
The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs in the Atlantic-Caribbean coast of Belize, located more then 300 meters offshore, in the northern Ambergris Caye and 40 kilometers in the south within the country limits. The Belize Barrier Reef is a section of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef (the second…
11. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains, approximately 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The main attraction for most visitors is the show cave, Carlsbad Caverns. To get into the cave, visitors can hike in on their own through the…
Monarch Butterfly Migration in Mexico, a Journey Above All Natural Laws
For those of you who did not yet figure out where to escape this summer, here is a romantic traveling idea. Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway and a place with so much natural beauty that it is almost impossible to discover it in a single trip. If you…
Saint-Michel Abbey is located on a tidal island in Normandy, North-West of France. It is one of the country’s religious landmarks and it is situated one kilometer away (just over a half-mile) from the coast, within the Atlantic ocean. [adsenseyu2] Giant waves, some of them measuring over 14 meters (46 ft)…