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Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee) (269)
Photo: Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee), Bavaria, Germany

Alps
377 Photos

The Alps are the highest mountains in Europe. It stretches in a 1,200 km long and between 150 and 250 km wide arch from the Ligurian Sea to the Pannonian Basin …

Map: Alps
Map: Alps
List of sights: Barmsee, Church village of Wamberg, Dolomites, Eibsee, Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee), Großer Ahornboden, Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache), Höllental Gorge, Hopfensee, …
Machu Picchu (173)
Photo: Machu Picchu, Peru

Americas
3,255 Photos

The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the …

Map: Americas
Map: Americas
List of sights: French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, United States
Machu Picchu (128)
Photo: Machu Picchu, Peru

Archeological sites
2,135 Photos

Archeological sites around the world.

Map: Archeological sites
Map: Archeological sites
List of sights: Ajanta, Appian Way, Aula Ottagona, Bagan, Baths of Caracalla, Begumpur Masjid, Cerveteri, Ellora, Ercolano, Isola Sacra, Machu Picchu, Metaponto, Norchia, …
Almere (118) La Defence Offices - UN Studio
Photo: Almere, La Defence Offices - UN Studio, Netherlands

Architectures and buildings
1,133 Photos

Most fascinating architectures and amazing buildings around the world.

Map: Architectures and buildings
Map: Architectures and buildings
List of sights: Abensberg, Air Born (Christopher Klein), Almere, Arabellapark, BMW Welt, Bomarzo, Chiesa del 2000, Chiesa del Santo Volto di Gesu, Coppede, Garden of Tarot, …
Humayun’s Tomb (132)
Photo: Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi, India

Asia
8,026 Photos

Asia shares the landmass of Eurasia with Europe, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. In general terms, it is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean …

Map: Asia
Map: Asia
List of sights: Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, Yemen
Vareid Beach (Lofoten) (295)
Photo: Vareid Beach (Lofoten), Norway

Beaches
330 Photos

The most beautiful beaches around the world.

Map: Beaches
Map: Beaches
List of sights: Å (Lofoten), Alberese, Breiðamerkur­sandur, Dyrhólaey, East Fjords (Iceland), Flakstadpollen, Hạ Long Bay, Haukland, Katwijk aan Zee, Kilan, Klifatindur, …
Vareid Beach (Lofoten) (505) Norway
Photo: Vareid Beach (Lofoten), Norway

Black & white photography
254 Photos

Black and white photography can give scenes a striking and timeless quality.

Map: Black & white photography
Map: Black & white photography
List of sights: Black & white landscapes, Black & white pictures of Germany, Black & white portraits, Infrared landscapes
Ajanta Caves (375) Cave 19 (Chaitya Griha)
Photo: Ajanta Caves, Cave 19 (Chaitya Griha), India

Buddhist - hindu temples
2,571 Photos

Buddhist - Hindu temples around the world.

Map: Buddhist - hindu temples
Map: Buddhist - hindu temples
List of sights: Ajanta, Alchi, Bhaktapur, Boudhanath, Budhanilkantha, Chemrey, Chittaurgarh, Ellora, Gyantse, Kirtipur, Kusum Sarovar, Lamayuru, Lhasa, Luang Prabang, Matho, …
Linderhof Palace (39)
Photo: Linderhof Palace, Bavaria, Germany

Castels and palaces
1,546 Photos

Most fascinating Castels and Palaces around the world.

Map: Castels and palaces
Map: Castels and palaces
List of sights: Blutenburg Castle, Bundi, Caserta, Corciano, Datia, Deeg, Haarzuilens, Heemskerk, Heeswijk, Kumbhalgarh, Ladispoli, Linderhof, Muiderslot, Neuschwanstein …
San Pietro (7)
Photo: San Pietro

Churches
2,694 Photos

Churches around the world.

Map: Churches
Map: Churches
List of sights: Altötting, Anagni, Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Asam Church (Munich), Assisi, Basilica San Clemente al Laterano, Basilica Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, …
Cerveteri (332)
Photo: Cerveteri, Lazio, Italy

Etruscans
204 Photos

The Etruscan civilisation is the modern name given to a civilisation of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany, western Umbria, and …

Map: Etruscans
Map: Etruscans
List of sights: Cerveteri, Norchia, San Guiliano, Sutri, Tarquinia
Santorini (579) Oia
Photo: Santorini, Oia, Greece

Europe
24,222 Photos

Europe is a continent comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. …

Map: Europe
Map: Europe
List of sights: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Vatican City
Stok (970) Stok Guru Tsechu Festival
Photo: Stok, Stok Guru Tsechu Festival, India

Festivals
2,454 Photos

Events and popular festivals around the world.

Map: Festivals
Map: Festivals
List of sights: Carneval of Venice 2007, Carneval of Venice 2011, Cocullo, Festa della Primavera, Genzano di Roma, Matho, Oktoberfest, Pushkar, Stok, Summer in the city …
Orchids (18) Brassia - Toscana
Photo: Orchids, Brassia - Toscana

Flowers
7 Photos

Orchids, are diverse and widespread flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.

Castelmezzano (136)
Photo: Castelmezzano, Basilicata, Italy

Hilltop villages
3,510 Photos

The most beautiful hilltop villages and mountainside villages around the world.

Map: Hilltop villages
Map: Hilltop villages
List of sights: Altomonte, Amalfi Coast, Arsoli, Bagnoregio, Brienza, Bundi, Calcata, Caprarola, Castelmezzano, Cervara di Roma, Church village of Wamberg, Craco, Farnese, …
Khumbu (20) Tengboche (3,860 m)
Photo: Khumbu, Tengboche (3,860 m), Nepal

Himalayas
2,274 Photos

The Himalayas are a high mountain system in Asia between the Indian subcontinent in the south and the Tibetan highlands in the north. The mountain range …

Map: Himalayas
Map: Himalayas
List of sights: Annapurna, Bhutan, Khumbu 1991, Khumbu 1997, Ladakh, Mustang, Tibet, Zanskar
Königssee (518) Obersee
Photo: Königssee, Obersee, Bavaria, Germany

Lakes
592 Photos

Lakes around the world.

Map: Lakes
Map: Lakes
List of sights: Ammersee, Barmsee, Dam Petit Saut, Eibsee, Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee), Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache), Hopfensee, Jökulsárlón, Kaw-Roura Marshland, Kochelsee, …
Maxhütte (Sulzbach-Rosenberg) (357) Casthouse
Photo: Maxhütte (Sulzbach-Rosenberg), Casthouse, Bavaria, Germany

Lost places
833 Photos

Lost places around the world.

Map: Lost places
Map: Lost places
List of sights: Brewery of Schönthal, Brienza, Craco, Maxhütte (Sulzbach-Rosenberg), Romagnano al Monte, Schuierer Mill, Virgin Mary and St Michael Monastery
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich) (418) Sarcophagus of Imenemwia
Photo: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich), Sarcophagus of Imenemwia, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Museums
1,219 Photos

Collections of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance around the world.

Map: Museums
Map: Museums
List of sights: Andersen Museum, Aula Ottagona, Aviation Museum Schleißheim, BMW Welt, Canova Tadolini Workshop, Capitoline Museums, City of Automobile (Mulhouse), City …
Begumpur Masjid (Delhi) (10)
Photo: Begumpur Masjid (Delhi), Delhi, India

Muslim Mosques and Mausoleums
465 Photos

Muslim Mosques and Mausoleums around the world.

Map: Muslim Mosques and Mausoleums
Map: Muslim Mosques and Mausoleums
List of sights: Aurangabad, Begumpur Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, Humayun’s Tomb, Jama Masjid (Delhi), Mehrauli archaeological park, Qutb-Minar, Taj Mahal, Tomb of I’timād-ud-Daulah, …
Enkhuizen (105) Zuiderzeemuseum
Photo: Enkhuizen, Zuiderzeemuseum, Netherlands

Open-air museums
364 Photos

An open-air museum is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts out-of-doors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings, …

Map: Open-air museums
Map: Open-air museums
List of sights: Enkhuizen, Farmhouse museum Amerang, Open-air museum Glentleiten, Zaanse Schans
Roman Forum (148)
Photo: Roman Forum, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Roman Empire
992 Photos

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe …

Map: Roman Empire
Map: Roman Empire
List of sights: Appian Way, Aula Ottagona, Capitoline Hill, Capitoline Museums, Ercolano, Glyptothek (Munich), Isola Sacra, Metaponto, Ostia Antica, Paestum, Pantheon (Rome), …
Neuschwanstein Castle (475)
Photo: Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany

Romantic Road
279 Photos

In Germany, the Romantic Road (Romantische Straße), from Würzburg to Füssen, runs about 350 km, the Main to the Alps, Franconia, Upper Bavaria and the …

Map: Romantic Road
Map: Romantic Road
List of sights: Augsburg, Harburg, Nativity of Mary (Rottenbuch), Neuschwanstein Castle, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Wieskirche
Manarola (403)
Photo: Manarola, Liguria, Italy

Seaside villages
3,438 Photos

The most beautiful seaside villages around the world.

Map: Seaside villages
Map: Seaside villages
List of sights: Amalfi Coast, Capri, Giovinazzo, Hamnøy, Ischia, Isola del Giglio, Ladispoli, Manarola, Marina di Cassano (Piano di Sorrento), Mykonos, Naxos, Nusfjord, …
Pushkar (993) Pushkar Camel Fair (Kartik Mela)
Photo: Pushkar, Pushkar Camel Fair (Kartik Mela), India

Seven billion neighbors
467 Photos

Some of the 7 billion neighbors around the world. The world population is estimated at 7.43 billion human beings by 1 July 2016 according to the United Nations …

Soyuz TMA-12 (240) Soyuz rollout
Photo: Soyuz TMA-12, Soyuz rollout, Kazakhstan

Space centers
431 Photos

Space centers dedicated to space-related activities.

Map: Space centers
Map: Space centers
List of sights: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Guiana Space Centre, Kennedy Space Center
Ospedale delle Bambole (59)
Photo: Ospedale delle Bambole, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Strange places
1,119 Photos

Places among the strangest around the world.

Map: Strange places
Map: Strange places
List of sights: Abensberg, Bomarzo, Craco, Garden of Tarot, Isola del Giglio, La Scarzuola, Maxhütte (Sulzbach-Rosenberg), Ospedale delle Bambole, Pizzo, Trash People
Slaughterhouse (Munich) (376) Street art
Photo: Slaughterhouse (Munich), Street art, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Street Art
298 Photos

Street Art or Urban Art is the name given by the media to those art forms that occur in public places, often illegally, in the most varied techniques: …

Map: Street Art
Map: Street Art
List of sights: Angel of Peace (Munich) Street art, Maximilianswerk, Rotterdam, Slaughterhouse (Munich) Street art
Bayon (26)
Photo: Bayon, Cambodia

World Heritage Site (UNESCO)
7,850 Photos

Photo gallery of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered …

Map: World Heritage Site (UNESCO)
Map: World Heritage Site (UNESCO)
List of sights: Ajanta, Alberobello, Amalfi Coast, Amsterdam, Arequipa, Assisi, Bruges, Caserta, Cerveteri, Chittaurgarh, Cinque Terre, Cusco, Delos, Delphi, Ellora, Ercolano, …