Royal Naval Dockyard

HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majesty’s Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the [...]

Angel of Independence

The Angel of Independence, most commonly known as El Ángel, is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo [...]

Maiden Tower (Baku)

The Maiden Tower is a Baku landmark, a much loved symbol of the city and of Azerbaijan. It looks dark and enigmatic, looking [...]

Angelokastro

Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle on the island of Corfu, Greece. Angelokastro also referred to as “Castle of Angels” or “Angelos’s castle” is [...]

Monument to the Constitution

Monument to the Turkmenistan Constitution is a grandiose monument located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Constructed to mark the 20th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s independence, the [...]

Gediminas’ Tower

Gediminas’ Tower sits on top of the hill of Gediminas and it is the highest natural hill of such kind in Lithuania. The [...]

Tall Hermann Tower

Tall Hermann or Pikk Hermann is a tower of the Toompea Castle, on Toompea hill in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the defensive tower [...]

Trango Towers

There are some impressive and extremely difficult rock towers around the world, competing in being the hardest to climb. One of the more [...]

Belém Tower

Standing on the waterfront at Belem near the mouth of the River Tagus is located the Torre de Belém, which is arguably the [...]

Mont Saint Michel

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a small island commune which is located in Normandy, topped by a gravity-defying monastery and counts among France’s most stunning [...]

Baffin Island

Baffin Island is an extremely remote island with most of the island’s population living in the capital Iqaluit, in the norther part of [...]

Grand Mosque of Damascus

The Grand Mosque of Damascus, known more commonly as the Umayyad Mosque, is one of the largest, oldest and holiest mosques in the [...]