Acropolis of Athens
(Greek akropolis, from akros – top and polis – the city), the ennobled and strengthened part of the Ancient Greek city, fortress, a shelter on […]
World secrets
White Sands Desert, New Mexico
The wandering dunes of white sand gleam in sunshine as the snow plain. Whyte Sands – the fluid and changeable sand of the desert in […]
The valley of statues in Colombia
One of the most ancient historical and cultural monuments of South America was found in the Northern Andes at the height of 1800 meters. Today […]
Rwenzori Mountains or Mountains of the Moon
The veil of clouds shrouds the illusive Lunar mountains of Africa, doing their tops of invisible 300 days in a year. When the sky becomes […]
Takht-e-Soleiman
Highly ruins of the ancient city lie in mountains in the north of Iran. There was the main sanctuary of one of pre-Islamic religions. It […]
Potala – a pearl of Tibet
Once Potash was the palace, fortress and the place of religious worship. Its towers sparkling gold rise from the Tibetan fog, like strongholds of the […]
The shining city of Samarkand
This legendary city which arose on crossing of ancient trade ways of Central Asia attracted more 2000 poets, pilgrims and robbers. When the sunlight plays […]
Galapagos rift
In some ocean hollows, the deepest and inhospitable, communities of living beings evolved in such a way that can exist, without depending on energy of […]
Ice shelf of Ross
Antarctica met the first researchers by a boundless ice wall. The greatest ice massif on Earth occupies the space almost equal to the territory of […]
Paradise monastery – Shangri-La
At the beginning of the 20th century the imagination of readers was captured by the mysterious country Shangri-La – the world of harmony and perfection […]