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Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse is situated on South East Point Wilsons Promontory Victoria Australia. From its point on the peninsula it commands almost 360° views of Bass Strait. The Wilson’s Promontory […]

Spessart is a Mittelgebirge a range of low wooded mountains in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg Rhön and Odenwald. The highest […]

The Navy Yard formerly known as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and Philadelphia Naval Business Center was an important naval shipyard of the United States for over a century. It is […]

Newgrange (Irish: Sí an Bhrú) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath Ireland about one kilometre north of the River Boyne. It was built about 3200 BC during the Neolithic […]

The Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge Czech: Krušné hory) in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for many centuries. Today the border between Germany and the […]

Conwy Castle (Welsh: Castell Conwy) is a medieval fortification in Conwy on the north coast of Wales. It was built by Edward I during his conquest of Wales between 1283 […]

Harlech Castle located in Harlech Gwynedd Wales is a medieval fortification constructed atop a spur of rock close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his […]

Beaumaris Castle located in the town of the same name on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales was built as part of Edward I’s campaign to conquer the north of […]

The Drakensberg (derived from the Afrikaans name Drakensberge meaning Dragon Mountains) is the name given to the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment which encloses the central Southern African plateau. […]

The Manchester Ship Canal is an inland waterway 36 miles (58 km) long in the North West of England. Starting at the Mersey Estuary near Liverpool it generally follows the […]