Tuesday, 22 April 2014

America's Most Lonely Road

U.S. Route 50 is famous as America's most lonely road. Even scary at times, looks like its heading to dreamland. The length of this road is about 4,841 kilometer and it was constructed in 1926. It’s also a major east–west route of the United States Highway. It’s stretching just more over 3,000 miles from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California.

Monday, 21 April 2014

Keukenhof, Holland Garden of Europe

Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is the world's largest flower garden. It is situated in Lisse, the Netherlands.
That would be really wonderful to visit it in the spring time.

Sunday, 20 April 2014

The Grand Canyon

is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 meters). Nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests that the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago.

Ash and Lightning above an Icelandic Volcano

Why did a picturesque 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland create so much ash? Although the large ash plume was not unparalleled in its abundance, its location was particularly noticeable because it drifted across such well-populated areas. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in southern Iceland began erupting on 2010 March 20, with a second eruption starting under the center of a small glacier on 2010 April 14.

Saturday, 19 April 2014

World's Largest Swimming Pool in Chile



This beautiful swimming pool at the San Alfonso de Mar resort in Chile is the world's largest swimming pool along with beautiful location. This Guinness record holding pool is spread over half a mile in length and has almost 250 million liters of water. In case if you want to move from one place to another, then small sail boats are available that not only saves your time, but also provides you a nice view to see the beauty around.

Friday, 18 April 2014

Stunning Egg Shaped Tree House Secretly placed on Canada Woods



The HemLoft is a secret tree house that’s hiding in the woods of Whistler, Canada. A former software developer Joel Allen, who was laid off from his job actually fabricated this and he decided to find another work rather than to retire.  This was a fruitless attempt for the then-26 year old, but the time off shifted his career path to carpentry and he acquired skills made it possible for him to design and build this getaway over the course of many years.

This egg shaped structure is using plywood ribs to set its form and scavenged wood to fill out the rest. Inside, it’s actually a 2 storey minimalist setup, best for somebody who likes camping because it has no running water or electricity. The top of HemLoft features pop-open windows that are impeccable for quietly observing the surrounding woods and taking in the night stars. Although there is a space reserved for a kitchen. His handiwork is built on a stranger's land without their permission and its location is secret and unidentified by most, and the owners of the property have yet to find out about this tucked-away gem.








Superb Invisible Barn Mirrors Surrounding The Landscape



In a unified integration of architecture and nature, there’s an Invisible Barn, design by New York design practice STPMJ. Indeed a truly amazing site-specific architectural folly that reflects and merges with the surrounding landscape. It is originally submitted as a proposal to the famous Folly competition, the parallelogram-shaped structure was designed to stand in a dense grove of trees in the Socrates Sculpture Park.
It is purely made by wood and sheeted with mirror film; the barn becomes one with nature, reflecting the surrounding birch trees, blue sky, and signs of the changing seasons. When you see it from a distance, the structure looks almost invisible, erasing its manmade architectural presence. When you’d be approaching the building, however, you can see incisions in the mirrored surface that permit them to maneuver in and out of the structure, adding an exclusive sense of interaction and experience.
The Invisible Barn is meant to re-contextualize the landscape of the park by projecting the surrounding scenery onto the surface of the structure. The visual illusion that blurs the perceptual boundary between the folly and the site permits the folly to be vanished and invisible in nature, reconstructing the landscape of the site.
 
 

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Taj Mahal The Jewel of Muslim Art in Agra

The beautiful Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved third wife, "Mumtaz". The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art" in Agra and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage.
It remains a testament to the grief and power of the emperor Shah Jahan who ruled the Mughal Empire with its capital in Agra, for 30 years. He had the mausoleum constructed to honor his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, after her death in 1631 during childbirth.