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Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega in Washington DC, Washington
Known to Amelia Earhart as "old Bessie, the fire horse," this bright red plane helped the aviator lock in her early record setting flights.Born in Atchison, Kansas, Earhart came to fame following her...
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Earhart Light in Howland Island
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart was expected to arrive for a refueling stop on a tiny remote island in the Pacific Ocean known as Howland Island. Although her radio broadcasts were heard on Howland,...
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Nikumaroro Island in Nikumaroro, Kiribati
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart took off on what was to be her last flight. At 8:43 a.m she sent her her last known transmission "We are on the line 157 337. We will repeat this message. We will repeat...
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Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Women pilots had been barred from participating in the celebrated Cleveland Air Race, so in 1929 they decided to start their own. The Air Race Classic was instantly met with public criticism, with the...
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Erawan Cascading Waterfalls and Caves in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
A series of seven waterfalls flowing over graceful limestone terraces are the star attraction of Erawan National Park, among the most beautiful waterfalls in Thailand.Founded in 1975, the park is named...
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Matsuo Mine in Hachimantai, Japan
It was once called a “paradise above the clouds.”The makeshift town was built to house the working population of the Matsuo sulfur mines. The concrete apartment complex sheltered over 15,000 people and...
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Kammetal Workshop in Brooklyn, New York
In 2013 the talented craftsmen at Kammetal had the distinct honor of seeing their work reach new heights. The small, Red Hook-based fabrication firm was responsible for designing and constructing the...
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Marconi National Historic Site in Cape Breton, Canada
The beginnings of the wireless age can be traced back to Canada's eastern seaboard. There, at the turn of twentieth century, the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi carried out the first transatlantic...
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Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church" in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
The 40,000 skeletons within Sedlec Ossuary (aka Kostnice Ossuary Beinhaus) in the Czech Republic welcome you, quite literally, with open arms.Known to most as “The Bone Church,” it displays some of the...
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Puente del Diablo in Martorell, Spain
The Puente del Diablo, or Devil's Bridge, crosses from Martorell to Castellbisbal in Catalonia, and its gravity defying structure has a surprising stabilizing device.The bridge was originally built...
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Grauballe Man in Hojbjerg, Denmark
Grauballe Man is one of many mummified bodies discovered in the peat bogs that dot Denmark and northern Europe. The highly acidic bogs have an extremely low oxygen content and the combination allows...
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Larundel Mental Asylum in South Morang, Australia
Larundel was a mental hospital built and developed in the mid 20th century and one of the last of those infamous facilities to be closed.The Larundel psychiatric institution was part of a larger mental...
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Oceanographic Museum in Monaco, Monaco
The Musée Océanographique (Oceanographic Museum) of Monaco is one of the largest scientific institutions dedicated to the study of the ocean. In its aquariums are around 6,000 species of sea creatures,...
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Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts
Fifteen miles northwest of Boston, just outside Concord, Massachusetts, lies Walden Pond.With 1.7 miles of shore length it is neither the largest lake in New England nor the most beautiful. But what...
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The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida
In 1906, 19-year-old George Morikami immigrated to the United States after being recruited (along with many other Japanese farmers) to join the Yamato Colony located in what is now Boca Raton,...
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Pont Valentre in Cahors, France
The striking Pont Valentré in Cahors, France, was built in the 14th century to be its own fortress, with three towers where the enemy could be attacked from above. However, the massive bridge took 70...
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Assateague Island in Chincoteague Island, Virginia
This 37-mile long island belongs to two states, three conservation agencies, and two herds of feral ponies, which each year swim across the channel to Virginia.Located off the eastern coast of the...
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Naturhistorisches Museum in Bern, Switzerland
The Naturhistorsisches Museum in Bern, Switzerland is famous for its collection of taxidermied animals set in their natural surroundings.Over 200 dioramas of birds and mammals Asia, Africa and...
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Jantar Mantar in Jaipur, India
In 1728, Sawai Jai Singh II, rajah of Jaipur, dispatched his emissaries across the globe to gather the most accurate astronomical data possible.When they returned, Jai Singh ordered the construction of...
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Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, Singapore
Along Singapore's Marina Bay, a landscaping project known as Gardens by the Bay hopes to beautify the marina and help transform the dense city-state into a "city in the garden." But with futuristic...
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