The Yungang Grottoes (simplified Chinese: 云冈石窟; traditional Chinese: 雲崗石窟; pinyin: Yúngāng Shíkū; Wuzhoushan Grottoes in ancient time) are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the […]
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Camp Bucca
Camp Bucca was a detention facility maintained by the United States military in the vicinity of Umm Qasr Iraq. As of June 2011 a group of entrepreneurial Iraqis and Americans […]
Country Club Plaza
The Country Club Plaza (often referred to as The Plaza) is an American upscale shopping district and residential neighborhood in Kansas City Missouri. It was the first shopping center in […]
Longmen Grottoes
The Longmen Grottoes (simplified Chinese: 龙门石窟; traditional Chinese: 龍門石窟; pinyin: lóngmén shíkū; lit. Dragon’s Gate Grottoes) or Longmen Caves are one of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist art. Housing […]
United States Range
The United States Range is one of the most northern mountain ranges in the world and of the Arctic Cordillera and is surpassed only by the Challenger Mountains to the […]
Seokguram
The Seokguram Grotto is a hermitage and part of the Bulguksa temple complex. It lies four kilometers east of the temple on Mt. Tohamsan in Gyeongju South Korea. It is […]
Escambray Mountains
The Escambray Mountains (Spanish: Sierra del Escambray) are a mountain range in the central region of Cuba in the provinces of Sancti Spíritus Cienfuegos and Villa Clara.
Dungeness Nuclear Power Station
Dungeness nuclear power station may refer to either one of a pair of nuclear power stations only one of which is still operational located on the Dungeness headland in the […]
Thanks-Giving Square
Thanks-Giving Square is a public-private complex in the City Center District of downtown Dallas Texas (USA). Originally planned as the first of several traffic-relieving complexes in downtown Dallas it was […]
Diocese of Sodor and Man
Sodor and Man is a diocese of the Church of England. Originally much larger today it covers just the Isle of Man and its adjacent islets. Today the bishop’s offices […]