Exploring the architecture of a city gives you a chance to connect with the raw physicality underlying the urban mindset. Around the world, there are thousands of modern architectural gems, and more are being erected every7 day. Which one of these modern examples of man triumphing over the designs of nature do you most want to see?
Asa Wright Birdwatching, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Upper Okavango River, NW Botswana, Botswana
Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada
Kakadu, Australia
Tiri Tiri Mathanghi, North Island, New Zealand
Bird watching is a popular pastime for many people on vacation. It offers visitors a chance to see the local wildlife and to get out and about in nature. Many local tourist economies revolve around bird migration and subsequent bird-watcher migration cycles. Which of these world's best birding destinations would you most like to raise your binoculars at?
Volcanoes are amazing locations where the hot magma that is the life blood of the planet breaches through the rock crust we think of as "the ground" and spews forth as amazing glowing lava. The sight of real lava fresh from the ground can bring one an almost spiritual experience. Which of these great volcanoes from around the world would you most like to visit for yourself?
Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries, and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. These days, it's an awesome wonderland of amazing sights to see. Which place in Finland would you most like to visit on a whirlwind trip through the country?
The Seven Wonders of the World, also known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, are seven well-known creations of classical antiquity. These Seven Wonders were originally identified and classified by observers in Ancient Greece and were only located around the Mediterranean rim. Only one of the Seven Wonders has survived relatively undamaged into the modern age.
Birds are some of nature's more fascinating creatures, and seeing them in their natural habitats is one of the greatest thrills that travel offers. Be sure to bring binoculars, cameras and good lenses with you when you visit birding sites, so you can get some good sights of wonderful birds in their home environment. Which of these world-class birdwatching locations would you most like to visit?
The world's volcanoes offer the intrepid traveler the chance to commune with some of the most majestic impulses in nature. These are the forces that build mountains on the horizon and tear continents asunder. When you visit a volcano, you are treated to a picture of the earth at its most raw. Which of these amazing volcanoes from around the world would you most likely travel to see?
During World War II, Finland was able to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, the Finns made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now among the highest in Western Europe. Which of these great sites in Finland would you most like to visit?
Rājasthān (Devanagari:राजस्थान), pronounced is the largest state of the Republic of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert (Thar Desert), which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan. The state borders Pakistan to the west, Gujarat to the southwest, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the northeast and Punjab to the north. Which site in Rājasthān would you most like to visit?
Great industrial sites, whether still active or long abandoned, offer tourists a place to see a little something of the history of a place. Sites in this list are all amazing examples of humanity's capacity to change the surrounding environment for our better. Which of these great industrial sites from around the world would you most like to visit and see for yourself?
