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Machu Picchu is a major tourist destination in Peru and the most famous place in South-America. Visit here is associated ... read more...
In the process of reclamation of slag heaps of the Ruhr region, the largest of them was turned into a thematic, astronomical park. The central object of the park is the Horizon Observatory (Horizontobservatorium). The construction was built in 2008 at an altitude of 152 meters read more...
Slag Heap Haniel is the highest elevation in the Ruhr region. It consists of two parts: the southern part has been turned into a landscape park, while the northern one continues to be used by Prosper Haniel Coal Mine. From the top there is a view of the entire Ruhr region. On a warm summer evening this is an excellent place to meet the sunset read more...
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the symbols of Italy and Europe. It had been built for a ... read more...
You can find quite a lot of different tourist facilities dedicated to the Vikings in Scandinavia. The most common are longhouses and circular fortresses read more...
The 30-km Afsluitdijk dam was built in 1927-1933 as a part of "Zuiderzee" project read more...
On the coast of the Ionian Sea at the southwestern tip of the Peloponnese there is a rather unusual structure - the Fairy-tale castle of Agrili read more...
Buchenwald concentration camp was established in 1937 near Weimar, the cultural capital of Germany. Initially the camp was used to ... read more...
The Vidraru dam is located in the southern part of Romania's most beautiful road - Transfagarash. Its construction was fraught with great difficulties, about 80 workers died during five years (1961 - 1966) read more...