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Kronborg is a castle and Stronghold in the town of Helsingør Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in […]

The National Botanic Gardens (Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus) are located in Glasnevin 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre Ireland. The 19.5 hectares are situated between Prospect Cemetery and […]

Her Majesty’s Prison Maze (known colloquially as Maze Prison The Maze The H Blocks or Long Kesh) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners […]

The Himalayas or Himalaya (/ˌhɪməˈleɪ.ə/ or /hɪˈmɑːləjə/; Sanskrit hima (snow) + ālaya (dwelling) literally abode of the snow) is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian […]

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort (castrum) just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Located near the modern village of Bardon Mill it guarded the Stanegate the Roman road […]

Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan in New York City. The park was initially opened in 1857 on 778 acres (315 ha) of city-owned land (it is 843 […]

Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat’la to the indigenous Cowlitz people and Loowit to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County Washington in the Pacific Northwest region […]

Wookey Hole Caves is a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset England. It […]

The Ural Mountains (Russian: Ура́льские го́ры tr. Uralskiye gory IPA: [ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈgorɨ]; Bashkir: Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south […]

The Americas or America also known as the New World are the combined continental landmasses of North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere. Along with their associated islands […]