Geography

Ahsan Manzil (Bengali: আহসান মঞ্জিল, romanized: Ahsan Monzil) situated at Kumartoli of Dhaka on the bank of the Buriganga River, was the residential palace and…

The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир, Rilski manastir) historic monastery and cultural site in the…

A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater with steep sides that is surrounded by tephra deposits. The tephra deposits are thickest near the crater…

The Cinque Terre (Italian pronunciation: ˈtʃiŋkwe ˈtɛrre; Ligurian: Çinque Tære, meaning “Five Lands”) is a string of five fishing villages perched high on the Italian…

Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima-jinja) on Miyajima is the source of both the island’s fame and its name. Formally named ‘Itsukushima’, the island is more popularly…

Old Havana (Spanish: La Habana Vieja) city, capital, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. It also constitutes one of Cuba’s 15 provinces: Ciudad…

Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure (Russian: Центральный парк культуры и отдыха (ЦПКиО) имени Горького, tr. Tsentralny park kultury i otdykha imeni Gorkogo, IPA:…

Feofaniya (Ukrainian: Феофанія; also called Theophania) is a park, which is a beautiful respite in the bustling city of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Located…

Kyiv(a) or Kiev (Ukrainian: Київ, romanized: Kyiv; Russian: Киев, romanized: Kiyev), chief city and capital of Ukraine, that picturesquely spreads on the Dnipro river hills.…

Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра: Kyievo-Pechers’ka lavra; Russian: Киeво-Печерская лавра: Kiyevo-Pecherska lavra), is the center of Orthodoxy, one…

Long Island (locally: /lɔːŋˈɡaɪˌlənd/), an island in the Atlantic Ocean that comprises the southeasternmost part of New York state, U.S. The island lies roughly parallel…

Bimini /ˈbɪmɪniː/ is the closest Bahamian island to the United States, boasting miles of pristine beaches. It is also known as the “Big Game Fishing…