Tag: unesco

June 13, 2017 at 10:28 am

The First House Gaudi Ever Designed Just Opened to the Public After 130 Years

The First House Gaudi Ever Designed Just Opened to the Public After 130 Years

Casa Vicens, the first house designed by Antoni Gaudí, can be visited for the first time after remaining a private residence for 132 years

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May 4, 2017 at 8:53 am

Picture of the Day: Sugarloaf Sunrise

Picture of the Day: Sugarloaf Sunrise

The sun rises in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, with the beautiful Sugarloaf Mountain in Guanabara Bay in the background

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March 16, 2017 at 3:49 pm

Picture of the Day: Family Walks are the Best Walks

Picture of the Day: Family Walks are the Best Walks

A family of wild elephants are seen walking down a road inside Khao Yai National Park in Thailand

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December 21, 2016 at 12:47 pm

Picture of the Day: The Linear Dunes of the Namib Sand Sea from Space

Picture of the Day: The Linear Dunes of the Namib Sand Sea from Space

The Namib Sand Sea is a World Heritage Site and the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog

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December 8, 2016 at 11:26 am

Picture of the Day: Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan

Picture of the Day: Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan

Kinkakuji is a Zen Buddhist temple and World Heritage Site in northern Kyoto first built in 1397

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April 6, 2016 at 6:39 pm

Picture of the Day: The Skywalker

Picture of the Day: The Skywalker

Photographer Lukas Furlan explores Italy’s famous Dolomites. The mountain range was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009

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March 17, 2016 at 12:49 pm

Musicians Turn a Frozen Lake in Siberia Into a Giant Instrument

Musicians Turn a Frozen Lake in Siberia Into a Giant Instrument

Watch a group of Russian percussionists venture out into a frozen Lake Baikal and make music with ice!

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March 16, 2016 at 1:11 pm

Picture of the Day: Zoomed Out Machu Picchu

Picture of the Day: Zoomed Out Machu Picchu

A fresh perspective on a world wonder

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March 7, 2016 at 5:13 pm

Picture of the Day: An 1,800 Year Old Roman Road in Africa

Picture of the Day: An 1,800 Year Old Roman Road in Africa

A remarkably well-preserved 1800-year-old Roman road in Timgad, which was a Roman colonial town in the Aurès Mountains of modern-day Algeria

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January 27, 2016 at 6:48 pm

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Ta Prohm is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

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