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 […]
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National Botanic Gardens (Ireland)
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 […]
HM Prison Maze
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 […]
Himalayas
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Ural Mountains
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 […]
Americas
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 […]