4. (I know, "no trees were harmed in the making of this playhouse" ... right ? :-)
5. At Wat Samphran (??????????) in Nakhon Pathom Province there is a 17 story
building that has a giant dragon climbing to the roof. The head is at the top where
there is a shrine and the tail is on the ground floor. The dragon is hollow and it is
possible to walk up some sections of it.
6. This house was designed by Rudy Ricciotti. The unique architecture includes a
pool house, which is like a window in the living room where you can enjoy not
only swimming in the water, but the person swimming in it with the effect of the
outdoor landscape which is reflected through the window.
8. The Aiguille du Midi cable car leaves from the centre of Chamonix . It takes visitors
up to 3842m for a stunning view of the French Swiss and Italian alps. -
10. Hallgrímskirkja
(244 ft), is the largest
church and the sixth
tallest architectural
structure in Iceland
( floating on permafrost?)
11. The Melisanni Cave ,
Greece . This
beautiful cave,
which was
discovered in 1951
and is surrounded by
forests, features in
Greek mythology as
the cave of the
nymphs.
17. The Grand Canyon Skywalk is a transparent
horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge
and tourist attraction in Arizona near the
Colorado River on the edge of a side
canyon in the Grand Canyon West area of the
main canyon. USGS topographic
maps show the elevation at the Skywalk's
location as 4,770 ft (1,450 m) and the
elevation of the Colorado River in the base of
the canyon as 1,160 ft (350 m), and
they show that the height of the precisely
vertical drop directly under the skywalk
is between 500 ft (150 m) and 800 ft (240 m).
Commissioned and owned by the Hualapai
Indian tribe, it was unveiled March 20,
2007, and opened to the general public on
March 28, 2007. It is accessed via the
Grand Canyon West Airport terminal or a 120-
mile (190 km) drive from Las Vegas ,
which includes a 10-mile (16 km) stretch of
dirt road which is currently under
development. The Skywalk is east of
Meadview and north of Peach Springs with
Kingman being the closest major city.
18. Palawan Underground River
or St. Paul Subterranean
River - Longest Navigable
Underground River in the
World
This is the most famous cave
in the Philippines . The
longest underground river
was discovered a few years
back in Mexico somewhere in
the Yucatan . St. Paul
Underground River in
Palawan , Philippines may not
be the longest underground
river in the world anymore,
but it is still the world's
longest navigable
underground river. The
navigable part of the river
inside the cave of the 4000-
acre St. Paul Subterranean
River stretches 15 kilometers
in length (5 miles). St. Paul
Cave is deepest cave in the
country .
19. The Seven Sisters (Norwegian: De Syv Søstrene or Dei Sju Systrene, also known
as Knivsflåfossen) is the 39th tallest waterfall in Norway .
