Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Taliesin West was architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home and school in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959 at the age… Read More »
Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634.0 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the second tallest structure in the world after the… Read More »
Hibiya Park in Chiyoda City, Tokyo is Japan’s first public Western-style park. The vast, 16-hectare Hibiya Park has a rich history. It was feudal grounds during the Edo period (1603–1867) and then a military parade square in much of the Meiji era (1868–1912) before it was converted into Japan’s earliest Western-inspired modern park in 1903.… Read More »
The CA – 395 highway is used as an access route for both the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, and the lowest point in North America, Death Valley. The corridor has been used since the California gold rush, and before numbering was known by several names including El Camino Sierra. We started this road trip from… Read More »
Stalheimsfossen is a waterfall located in a small village in Stalheim in Nærøydalen valley near Voss, Norway. It is one of the two waterfalls found in closer proximity to each other in the valley. This one is more powerful and it is 414 feet (126 meters) tall. On our Norway in a Nutshell tour, the bus ride… Read More »
The Oslo Opera House is the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighborhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. The innovative structure of the Opera House with its marble covered roof is an amazing place to… Read More »
Norwegian name: Oslo domkirke Baroque style architectural Oslo Cathedral is the main church for the Church of Norway Diocese of Oslo, as well as the parish church for downtown Oslo. Formerly known as ‘Our Savior’s Church’, the present building dates from 1694–1697. Norwegian Royal Family and the Government officials use Oslo Cathedral for their family weddings… Read More »
Cobá, the ancient Mayan city on the Yucatán Peninsula, is located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The Mayan site contains a group of large temple pyramids Ixmoja, part of the Nohoch Mul Pyramid is one of Coba’s main attractions. Unlike Chichen Itza’s Kukulkan Pyramid, Ixmoja Pyramid is still open for the public to… Read More »
Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic Period. It was one of the largest Maya cities and it was likely to have been one of the mythical great cities, or Tollans, referred to in later Mesoamerican literature. Chichen Itza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the… Read More »