The Olsen is a boutique hotel located in the heart of South Yarra on Chapel Street, a minutes’ walk from the entertainment and shopping area of Chapel Street and the train station. This newly built property has only been open since March 2010 and offers a modern and contemporary decor.
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The West Baden Springs Hotel is a historic landmark hotel in the town of West Baden Springs in Orange County, Indiana, USA, known for its vast domed atrium. It is currently part of the French Lick Resort Casino complex. Prior to the completion of the Houston Astrodome in 1965, the building had the largest...
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Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium, the first of its kind, located in Houston, Texas. The stadium is part of the Reliant Park complex. It opened in 1965 as Harris County Domed Stadium and was nicknamed the “Eighth Wonder of the World”. History...
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Natural Tunnel State Park is a Virginia state park, centered on the Natural Tunnel and located near Duffield, Virginia. It was created in 1967, and opened to the public in 1971. The tunnel has been a tourist attraction for more than a century; Daniel Boone is believed to have been the first white man...
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New Zealand’s Pink and White Terraces, or Otukapuarangi (“fountain of the clouded sky”) and Te Tarata (“the tattooed rock”) in Māori, were considered a natural wonder until they were destroyed by a violent volcanic eruption in 1886. Description Geothermally heated water containing large amounts of siliceous sinter regularly spouted from two geysers located beside...
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The Three Gorges Dam, is a hydroelectric river dam that spans the Yangtze River in Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei, China. It is the largest hydro-electric power station in the world. Except for a planned ship lift, all the original plan of the project was completed on October 30, 2008, when the 26th generator was brought...
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Colossus of Rhodes