Geography

The Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Arabic: مسجد إبن طولون‎, romanized: Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) is considered to be the second oldest active mosque in Egypt. This…

Ischia (/ˈɪskiə/ ISK-ee-ə, Italian: ˈiskja), Latin Aenaria, country, province (province) of Campania, south Italy. It is a remote, volcanic island in Italy’s Tyrrhenian Sea, renowned…

The Amir Altinbugha al-Maridani Mosque, one of the finest 14th-century monuments, was built in 1340 by Amir (Prince) “Altunbugha al-Maridani”. It is a mosque dating…

The Douro (UK: /ˈdʊəroʊ, ˈdʊəruː/, US: /ˈdɔːruː, ˈdɔːroʊ, ˈdoʊru/, Portuguese: ˈdo(w)ɾu; Spanish: Duero (ˈdweɾo); Latin: Durius) is home to the Douro River, the third largest…

Chernobyl (/tʃɜːrˈnoʊbəl/, UK: /tʃɜːrˈnɒbəl/), also known as Chornobyl (Ukrainian: Чорнобиль, romanized: Chornobyl’), isn’t an easy place to visit. Although it is only a two-hour drive…

Stratford-upon-Avon (/-ˈeɪvən/), commonly known as just Stratford, city (parish), Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, central England, an administrative and historic county, and William Shakespeare’s birthplace. It is…

The Scottish Borders (Scots: the Mairches, lit. ‘the Marches’; Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba), council area, southeast Scotland, roughly coinciding with the River Tweed drainage…

Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/; Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann (ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ)), the capital city of Scotland, situated in southeastern Scotland with its core near Firth of…

The Cotswolds (/ˈkɒtswoʊldz/ KOTS-wohldz, /-wəldz/ -⁠wəldz) occupies a vast region of approximately 800 square miles and stretches across five counties. It is a region in…

Lucerne (/luːˈsɜːrn/ loo-SURN, French: lysɛʁn; German: Luzern (luˈtsɛrn); Lucerne German: Lozärn; Italian: Lucerna (luˈtʃɛrna); Romansh: Lucerna (luˈtsɛrnɐ)) is a walled town famous for the Chapel…

Lauterbrunnen is a village and municipality in the administrative district of Interlaken-Oberhasli, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is situated between gigantic rock faces…

Rainbow Mountain (Montaña de Colores), also known as Vinicunca, or Winikunka, also called Montaña de Siete Colores, is located in the Ausangate region sits about…