The Roman Walls of Lugo, Spain

The Roman Walls of Lugo surrounds the historic center of the Galician city of Lugo in the province of the same name in Spain. The walls have also held Spanish monument status (Bien de Interés Cultural) since 1921. It is wall was completely preserved around the old part of the city and serves ride for tourists and locals. The ancient Roman town of Lucus Augusti, founded by Paulo Fabius Maximus on behalf of Emperor Augustus in 13 BC with the aim of uniting the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula to the Roman Empire. This town was first a Roman camp that evolved to a city that was equipped with walls, which remained until today, very few reforms and changes.

Roman wall / Muralla romana, Lugo. Image credit Trevor Huxham

Trampe Cyclocable, The first bicycle lift the world

The Trampe cyclocable  — In the city of Trondheim, Norway has become since its invention in 1993 in one of its attractions. Although it is a coastal town with little elevation, life of the city is located in the upper part thereof, must save up to 300 meters of altitude in a few meters away, leading to terrible and steep slopes. Its invent by Jarle Wanvik, a big user of the bicycle, thought to apply the concept of chairlift ski riders, devising a system that would overcome these steep streets without having to get off the bicycle. The most of design of this structures are placed in underground, just below the surface of the street, so that people and vehicles can cross safely via unhindered and without that we see hanging from poles and wires hazardous moving parts for people. The distance between the footrest where each rider is placed is 20 meters elevation speed is 2 m / s, for a maximum of 6 riders per minute or 360 cyclists per hour on a stretch of 130 meters or 427 ft. During its 15 year operation it has pushed more than 200,000 cyclists up the hill in Brubakken in Trondheim.

Bike escalators Trondheim in Norway Image credit DNA

Jur-Jur Falls | Waterfall of Crimea

Jur-Jur Falls or Djhur-Djhur Falls - The full-flowing waterfall of Crimea, located on the territory of Alushta region in the vicinity of the village Generalskoe in the gorge Haphal, formed by the action of the waters of the river Ulu Uzen East at an altitude of 468 m above sea level. On the limestone ledge height of 15 meters, a five-meter wide stream of water falls into a deep pit and rapidly tends down the riverbed. Jur-Jur - its long-term average water consumption of 270 liters per second . It does not dry out even in the dry season.

Dzhur-Dzhur waterfall in Crimea.

World Leaders Recreated As Hipsters By Amit Shimoni

The illustrator of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, Amit Shimoni created this spectacular series of illustrations entitled "Hipstory", which re-imagines world leaders as hipsters. In his project 'HIPSTORY' Shimoni gave the leaders like Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi and Che Guevara change maverick image to present them with spiffy hairstyles and alternative style clothing, fashion accessories, placing them almost perfectly in the crowd of today.

The Route of the Faces, Spain

The route is located on the banks of the swamp of Buendia in the Cuenca province of Castilla la Mancha lies a fascinating hiking route, unlike any other in Spain. Sculpted into the natural façade of the rocks and dotted among the beautiful landscape in the area are 18 carved faces and bas-reliefs. This is the La Ruta de las Caras, or in English, the Route of the Faces. The area, close to the city of Madrid, is thick with dense pine forests and outcrops of sandstone rock, overlooking the waters of the Buendía dam. Strolling the hiking paths through this landscape, an onlooker is taken on a cultural and artistic journey of spiritual discovery.

Maitreya and Arjuna. Image credit jacinta lluch valero

The Magnificent Marble Caves of General Carrera Lake, Chile

Marble Caves of  Patagonia, South America —  Patagonia lake is the deepest lake in South America and famous for its trout and salmon fishing. The lake is shared by two countries Argentina and Chile. Lake Buenos Aires Argentina side  and The General Carrera Lake Chile side. The total surface of lake is 1,850 km² with 586 meter maximum depth and the maximum size of the lake is  970 km² are in the Chilean Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, the biggest lake in Chile and 880 km² in the Argentine Santa Cruz Province, and the fourth largest lake in Argentina. The lake is of glacial origin and is surrounded by the Andes mountain range.

Plain of Jars — Laos

The Plain of Jars is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Phonsavan Laos. Scattered in the landscape of the Xieng Khouang, Laos, are thousands of megalithic jars. These stone jars appear in clusters, ranging from a single or a few to several hundred jars at lower foothills surrounding the central plain and upland valleys. The Xieng Khouang Plateau is located at the northern end of the Annamese Cordillera, the principal mountain range of Indochina. 

The Ancient Villages in Mesa Verde National Park, USA

Mesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site Located in the area known as the Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet, Mesa Verde is the only national park in the U.S. devoted exclusively to archaeology. One glance at the intricately constructed multistorey homes in the rocky cliffs shows why. With close to 4,000 known archaeological sites, it’s the largest such preserve in the United States.  Mesa Verde is best known for cliff dwellings, which are structures built within caves and under outcroppings in cliffs — including Cliff Palace, thought to be the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The Spanish term Mesa Verde translates into English as "green table". It is considered to contain some of the most notable and best preserved archaeological sites. The members of the Ancestral Pueblo culture "formerly known by the name Navajo "Anasazi", which was developed in this place between 6th to the 12th century, created astounding masonry buildings in alcoves in the canyon walls. Storage rooms and kivas, circular underground chambers, accompanied the living quarters. Many of the alcoves face south, allowing them to capture precious sunlight in winter and avoid the summer glare. Residents grew corn, beans and squash, using dry-land farming techniques and left-behind pottery painted with delicate geometric designs.

Cliff Palace - Mesa Verde National Park. Image credit Jim Frazee

Princess Juliana International Airport and Maho Beach

In the northern ridge of the Eastern Caribbean islands is the island of St. Maarten. Its northern part belongs to France and South - Netherlands. During the Second World War on the Dutch side of the island was built airfield, which is now the Princess Juliana International Airport. Currently, it is considered the busiest airport in the Caribbean. In this regard, which is in close proximity to the airport Maho Beach Resort many was referred to as "the world's best place to watch the planes." Plane comes in to land from the sea, flying over the beach strip, then on the highway, where the posted signs warning of very-low-flying aircraft, and immediately hit the runway.

The Mysterious House, Elliðaey Island

Elliðaey is one of the Westman Islands, Off the south coast of Iceland, is a group of islands called veiðihúsið (Vestmannaeyjar) means night. A small islet that protrudes from the cold North Atlantic Ocean that is exclusively populated by sea birds that use the island as a nesting site. What makes this small island an interesting island is a mysterious house that is in it. The only house on the island of Elliðaey off the coast of Iceland. Some 300 years ago, this island was inhabited by five families living in huts and survived fishing, raising cattle on the island, and hunting puffins nesting on the cliffs.

Ellidaey Island off of Westman Islands. Image credit Christopher Lynn

Tierra Santa | The first religious theme park in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The first religious theme park in the world dedicated to the Holy Land at the Tierra Santa the religious theme park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thrill traveling a town full of faith. Transported to the beginning of the Christian era, as 2000 years ago, and witness the life and work of Jesus, unique in the world, reflecting the different stages of the life of Jesus, from his birth to his crucifixion and resurrection. The park, located in an area of seven hectares in Costanera Norte , is formed by a giant model of the city of Jerusalem, that can be traveled and used to know the places that Jesus journeyed during his lifetime. Furthermore, in the park are represented different cultures that lived in that city, such as Christians, Jews, Romans and Arabs.

Kawazu-Nanadaru, Japanese Double Loop Spiral Bridge

Kawazu-Nanadaru, Japanese Double Loop Spiral Bridge — An excellent example of this is one of the Japanese road called Highway 414, or rather part of it, which is a rise of the mountain. Raise the road up the mountain is not a trivial task and there is no standard approach. In some countries, paving the way to the mountain gentle zigzags. This method is one of the easiest, but it also has some drawbacks. 

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct | The Longest and Highest Aqueduct in Britain

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham County Borough in north Wales. Completed in 1805, is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain, its is the first navigable cast iron aqueduct in the world and a Grade I Listed Building and UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1999. The aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, is 1,007 ft or 307 meter long, 11 ft or 3.4 meter wide and 5.25 ft or 1.60 meter deep. It consists of a cast iron trough supported 126 ft or 38 meter above the river on iron arched ribs carried on eighteen hollow masonry piers (pillars). Each of the nineteen spans is 53 ft or 16 meter wide., and has undergone a recent renovation. In 2007 it was reopened, allowing its use since they perform daily sightseeing cruises along the entire route tours.

Pontcysyllte aqueduct on the llangollen canal. Pontcysyllte is pronounced 'pont-ker-suth-tee'. Image credit Gareth Davies

The Nubra Valley | A Precious treasures of Ladakh, India

Nubra is a tri-armed valley located to the north east of Ladakh valley. Diskit the capital of Nubra is about 150 km north from Leh town, the capital of Ladakh district, India. The Nubra Valley literally means the valley of flowers. The average altitude of the valley is about 10,000 feet above the sea level. The Khardong village, Khalser and Deskit are the main villages of Nubra valley. At first glance, the valley seems parched and dry, but this is prime farming land by Ladakhi standard. Here the farmers grow apples, apricots and barley and harvest the orange berries of the Tsetalulu. Dotted around the valley are ancient gompas and ruined palaces and villages are close enough together to make this magnificent walking country. The people of Nubra Valley are friendly and hospitable. The Nubra Valley is indeed a precious treasures of Ladakh where people still living in the complete isolation for most of the year from rest of the world in the heart of the great Himalayas.

The Vizcaya Bridge | The World's Oldest Transporter Bridge

The Vizcaya Bridge, also called Vizcaya Bridge, Suspension Bridge or Bridge Palace (Bizkaiko Zubia, in Basque) is a transporter bridge conceived, designed and built by private initiative between 1887 and 1893, linking the two banks of the Nervion River in Vizcaya and was inaugurated in 1893, the first of its type in the world. The bridge receives several names. Its official name is "Puente de Vizcaya", although its most popular and widespread name is that of "Hanging Bridge" that sometimes tend to add the extensions "of Portugalete", "Getxo" or even "Bilbao". Also usually given the names of "Bridge Portugalete", as this is one of the locations that unites, and "Palace Bridge" in honor of its architect Alberto Palacio. The bridge links the town of Portugalete with neighborhood of Las Arenas, which belongs to the municipality of Getxo and both banks of the estuary of Bilbao. Its construction was due to the need to link existing resorts on both sides of the river, for the industrial bourgeoisie and tourists in the late nineteenth century. The design was the work of Don Alberto Palacio Elissague, also known by its participation in the construction of the Crystal Palace Retiro Park in Madrid.

Windmills Consuegra Spain

Consuegra mills are a group of mills which is famous for their windmills and located in the so-called “Cerro Calderico”,  La Mancha, Spain. These are the same ones, though restored,  that Don Quixote fought in Cervante's novel "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha"  when he mistook the sails for the arms of giants. Because of the windmills, Consuegra is part of the 'Don Quixote trail' which takes travelers around the main sights mentioned in the book.

White Horse of Uffington, England

Everyone knows or has heard of the Nazca Lines, ancient geoglyphs found in Peru. They are hundreds of huge figures traced by the ancient culture of the same name on the ground, and that can only be fully contemplated from the air.

But perhaps what many do not know is that there is also something similar in Europe. Specifically in the United Kingdom, there are what are called hill figures. They are not very numerous but they are old, one of them from prehistoric times and the rest of those that survive from a few centuries ago. And like the Nazca Lines, not much is known about them. Neither what they mean nor who made them.

Uffington white horse

Duquesne Incline | The oldest funicular of USA

The Duquesne Incline is an inclined plane railroad, or funicular, located near Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood and scaling Mt. Washington. Designed by Samuel Diescher, the incline was completed on 20 Nov. 1877 and is 800 feet or 244 meters long, 400 feet or 122 meters in height, and is inclined at a 30-degree angle. It is an unusual track gauge of 5 ft (1,524 mm). Originally steam-powered, the Duquesne Incline was built to carry cargo up and down Mt. Washington in the late 19th century. 

The single-car of the Duquesne Incline prepares to enter the station on Grandview Avenue. 

Skogafoss Waterfall

Skógafoss waterfall is one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in Iceland. It is located on the river Skougau, Skogafoss Iceland and the waterfalls from a cliff height of 60 meters, width of the stream - 25 meters. Skógafoss is one of the most visited attractions in the country. After the coastline receded further into the sea (now it is at a distance of 5 km from the waterfall), it remained standing parallel to the shoreline cliffs over hundreds of kilometers, creating together with some high mountains a clear border between the lowlands and highlands of Iceland. Falls is one of the most famous and most visited in the country.

Skogafoss

The Pamban Bridge, Rameswaram

The Pamban Bridge is a cantilever bridge on the Palk Strait which connects the town of Rameswaram on Pamban Island to mainland India. The bridge refers to both the road bridge and the cantilever railway bridge, though primarily it means the latter. Opened in 1914, it was India's first sea bridge, and was the longest sea bridge in India till 2010. The rail bridge is for the most part, a conventional bridge resting on concrete piers, but has a double leaf bascule section midway, which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. On 24 February 2014, the Pamban Bridge marked its 100th anniversary.

Pamban bridge train on sea boat mail.

San Boldo Pass, Italy

San Boldo Pass or Passo San Boldo is a small amazing mountain pass located in the Italian Veneto region between the towns of Trichian and Tovena. The mountain pass was previously known as Passo Sant’Ubaldo and Umbaldopass. The mountain pass lies at the southern edge of the Alps and links the Val Belluna with the Val Mareno over a height of approx. 706 meters. The mountain pass is named the SP 635 (former SS), through the so-called Canale della Scala or San Boldo (in dialect Canal de San Boit) has considerable historical importance, and only one lane is drivable, the traffic is controlled by several sets of lights. There is a speed limit of 30 km/h (19 mph) and a height limit of 3.2 m (10.5 ft.), after buses were frequently stuck in the tunnel. The five tunnels blasted into the rock with hairpin turns or loops, and six bridges.

Italian sheperd Luigino Balzan and his flock are reaching San Boldo pass. The pastor Luigino Balzan leading the flock towards the last curves of the pass san Boldo, between the province of Treviso and that of Belluno. Image credit giancarlo rado Bighugelabs

Barra Airport | The Beach Airport of Scotland

Barra Airport, one of the most unusual airports in the world - Barra is located in the north of Scotland in the UK, on the small island of Barra, which belongs to the Outer Hebrides archipelago. Feature of this airport is that — its runways is located directly on the beach of the Gulf  Traigh Mhòr, and flight schedule is tailored to the tides. At high tide the airfield runways hidden water, so take off and landing is impossible. Also the airport is not served by night flights, but in case of emergency landing is still possible - then illuminated by automobile headlights lane and along the coast are laid special reflective tape. In total, there are three runways, the average length is 800 meters. Because of the unusual location and short length strips this airport is considered one of the most dangerous in the world, and take off and land here can make only small aircraft.

Inkerman Monastery of St. Clement, Ukraine

The Inkerman Monastery of St. Clement is a cave monastery in a cliff rising near the mouth of the Black River, in the city of Inkerman, administered as part of the sea port of Sevastopol. It was founded in 1850 on the site of a medieval Byzantine monastery where the relics of St. Clement were supposedly kept before their removal to San Clemente by Saints Cyril and Methodius. The early Christians are supposed to have kept the relics in a grotto which could be visited only on the anniversary of his death. William Rubruck described it as a church "built by the hands of angels".

Clifton Suspension Bridge | An Awesome British Landmark

In the English city of Bristol is one of the most spectacular engineering structures of the world - Clifton Suspension Bridge. Its length - 230 m, 190 m of which just "hang" over the precipice - the gorge of the River Avon. The construction of the bridge was carried out under the supervision of an English engineer Brunel. It was his first major project, which has brought worldwide recognition to the constructor.