The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 1800 Lakeside Avenue, on the North Side of Richmond, Virginia. Garden have been voted the No. 4 public garden in North America by readers of USA Today! With year-round beauty on 50 acres, the Garden also offers great dining, shopping, exhibits and events. Explore more than dozen themed areas including a glass Conservatory, interactive Children’s Garden with accessible Tree House, Asian Valley, Wetland Garden teeming with wildlife... 

La Vuardette is a 2,463 m mountain peak near Orsieres, Valais, Switzerland. The nearest peaks are Pointe du Parc, Pointe de Terre Rouge, Pointe de Toules, Mont Rogneux, Grand Laget, and Pointe de Boveire. credit: rouilleralain  Read More →

Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, England. It is the biggest and most dramatic gorge in Britain with cliffs rising to 450ft and reaching over 3 miles in length. Formed under the sea 300 million years ago. There are seven great attractions to explore at Cheddar Gorge, including the spectacular Gough’s Cave, Britain’s most beautiful stalactite cavern. Cheddar Gorge and Caves lends its names to many things – cheese, flowers and Britain’s... 

Capitol Reef National Park is an evocative world of spectacular colored cliffs, hidden arches, massive domes, and deep canyons. It is a place that includes the finest elements of Bryce and Zion Canyons in a less crowded park that can offer a more relaxing experience than either of those more-famous Utah attractions. It is named for a particularly colorful section of the fold where rounded Navajo sandstone forms capitol-like domes and sheer cliffs form a barrier to travel, often referred to as a reef.... 

The New York Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Show never fails to disappoint, and this year’s show is no exception. The visual style is deliberate. “Orchidelirium” harks back to the era when orchid mania swept Victorian England with such intensity that it required a new word to describe it. The spectacular centerpiece of the show, above, is a “mountain” of volcanic rock and orchids built over a cleverly-hidden structure of steel and chicken wire. credit:... 

Ijen volcano in East Java contains the world\’s largest acidic volcanic crater lake, called Kawah Ijen, famous for its turquoise color. The colours of the lake contrast with the sterile moonscape of the rest of the crater. Active volcano, constantly spewing sulfur smoke clubs, is incredible in its beauty blue fire and extremely hard working conditions in the sulfur mine. Sulfur combusts on contact with air to create stunning blue lava-like rivers of light in the Kawah Ijen crater. credit:... 

Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is the larger of the two towns in this national park. It is located in Alberta\’s Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately 126 km west of Calgary and 58 km east of Lake Louise. This is a town that truly celebrates its heritage, lives and breathes mountain culture and never takes its backyard for granted. You can walk just about anywhere you want to go. Walking is quick, easy and allows for random adventures down... 

Cwm Pennant is a little known valley firmly on the unfashionable side of Snowdonia. The valley was home to slate workings in the late 19th century employing up to 200 workers. The slate was quarried, brought to be dressed and then shipped off in trams down the valley to its destination. The valley is mainly used for farming nowadays with farming stock indiginous to the area – Welsh Black cattle and Welsh Mountain, Welsh Mule and Lleyn sheep credit: ARG_Flickr  Read More →

Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada is a public aquarium in Toronto, Canada. The aquarium is one of three aquariums owned and operated by Ripley Entertainment. Containing over 5.7 million litres of water, the 12,500 square metre interactive attraction immerses guests in a thrilling underwater adventure that showcases more than 16,000 marine animals. Open 365 days a year. Of course, an aquarium is not an aquarium without a shark, and Ripley’s has a predatory shark display with long sand tiger sharks,... 

Pilanesberg National Park in the North West Province, South Africa, offers spectacular landscapes ranging around a central lake. The park borders with the entertainment complex Sun City. It covers some 55 000 hectare, is the fourth largest in southern Africa. This malaria-free park is perched on the eroded vestiges of an alkaline volcanic crater – one of only three such craters in the world. Thanks to an ambitious game translocation programme called Operation Genesis in 1979, involving reserve...