Year: 2011

Noletmolen

Discover Noletmolen in Schiedam, Netherlands: Wind power station for making famous Ketel One vodka.

Bataviawerf

Discover Bataviawerf in Lelystad, Netherlands: Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.

Tree Trunk Garden House

Discover Tree Trunk Garden House in Hilversum, Netherlands: Dutch woodpile home in the forest.

Cigar Band House

Discover Cigar Band House in Volendam, Netherlands: Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

Bijbels Museum

Discover Bijbels Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands: A collection of biblical memorabilia.

St. Pietersberg Caves

Discover St. Pietersberg Caves in Maastricht, Netherlands: Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

Hotel Inntel Zaandam

Discover Hotel Inntel Zaandam in Zaandam, Netherlands: Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

Museum Vrolik

Discover Museum Vrolik in Amsterdam, Netherlands: A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Former World’s Tallest Lego Tower

Discover Former World's Tallest Lego Tower in São Paulo, Brazil: Many cities have held the title, but Brazil snatched the crown from Chile in 2011.

Casa de Pedra

Discover Casa de Pedra in São Paulo, Brazil: The eccentric home of Estevão Silva da Conceição, known as the "Brazilian Gaudí.".

Museu Oscar Niemeyer

Discover Museu Oscar Niemeyer in Curitiba, Brazil: Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

Curitiba Botanical Gardens

Discover Curitiba Botanical Gardens in Curitiba, Brazil: Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

Citadel of the Ho Dynasty

The 14th -century Ho Dynasty citadel, built according to the feng shui principles, testifies to the flowering of neo-Confucianism in late 14th century Viet Nam and its spread to other parts of east Asia. According to these principles it was sited in a l…

Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans

The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding example of 19th-century historicist architecture, also i…

Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex

The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of Edirne. Sinan, the most famous of Ottoman architects in the 16th century, considered the complex, which includes madrasas (Isl…

Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

Some 40 villages grouped in eight parks situated in north-western Syria provide remarkable testimony to rural life in late Antiquity and during the Byzantine period. Abandoned in the 8th to 10th centuries, the villages, which date from the 1st to 7th ce…

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