The World’s Largest Hotel Features Over 7,000 Rooms
The First World Hotel & Plaza in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, features 7,351 operational rooms across two large towers, making it the world’s largest hotel.
This Cliff-Hanging Café May Be the World’s Most Dangerous
Gushi Cliff Coffee, a café in southeastern China’s Fujian Province, allows patrons to enjoy a cup of coffee on the side of a cliff, 60 meters above roaring waves.
The World’s Largest Shopping Center Features Nearly 700 Stores Across 16 Floors
With a total floor space of 3,163,000 square feet (293,900 m2), South Korea’s Shinsegae Centum City is officially recognized as the world’s largest shopping center.
This Remote Mountain Cabin Is Europe’s Highest Building
Located up in the Italian Alps, 15,000 feet above sea level, the Margherita Hut is Europe’s highest building and one of the world’s most remote mountain cabins.
World’s Longest Residential Building Is Almost 3 Km Long, Houses Over 10,000 People
The Ukrainian city of Lutsk is home to a Soviet relic that holds the title of the ‘world’s longest residential building’, a concrete behemoth measuring 2.75 kilometers.
‘World’s Craziest Wave’ Seems Digitally Rendered with AI Technology
One of the rarest ocean phenomena, a spot where four waves crash simultaneously, creating a spectacular splash, recently broke the internet.
World’s Longest Zipline Is 2 Miles Long, Reaches Speeds of Up to 93 Mph
The K3 in the Overberg mountains of Western Cape, South Africa, holds the record for the world’s longest zipline, a whopping 3.2 km (2 miles).
China’s Extreme Blade Sky Road Feels Like Driving on a Knife’s Edge
The Daobeiliang Highway in Shizhu, in China’s Chongqing Province, is a thrilling concrete road that traverses the extremely narrow mountain ridge.
Nightmare Fuel – The World’s Largest Spider Web Is Home to Over 111,000 Spiders
A team of researchers discovered that a cave close to the Greek-Albanian border is home to the world’s largest spider web created by more than 111,000 spiders.
World’s Most Inaccessible Library Is Carved into the Side of a Cliff
The Mianhua Library, located near the village of Mianhua, in China’s Guanxi Province, is a unique library housed in a large grotto, on the side of a rock cliff. Ever since it opened in May of this year, Mianhua Library has been going viral on Chinese social media. Libraries aren’t usually very popular online, but […]
China Literally Shaves Down Mountains to Make Room for Expressway
Why bother drilling tunnels when you can simply shave down mountains? That was apparently the philosophy behind the new Lu’an Expressway in China’s mountainous Guizhou Province. We have already written about the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, the soon-to-be-inaugurated world’s highest bridge (625 meters or 2,051 feet above the Beipan River Valley), but the expressway running […]
Canada’s Incredible Shrinking Mill Optical Illusion
The Shrinking Mill of Port Colborne, in Ontario, Canada, is an intriguing optical illusion that makes a giant grain elevator shrink the closer you get to it. Usually, things tend to appear smaller in the distance and grow in size the closer you get to them, but that rule does not apply to the grain […]
India’s Most Beautiful Cricket Ground Is Hidden in the Middle of a Sprawling Plantation
The Harrisons Malayalam Plantation in Varandarappilly, Kerala, is home to India’s most beautiful cricket ground, a hidden oasis in a sea of green canopy. A remote cricket ground in Kerala, India, has been getting a lot of attention online because of its unique location, tucked away in the center of a lush tree plantation. Seen […]
Japanese Airport Hasn’t Lost a Single Piece of Baggage in the Last 30 Years
Kansai International Airport welcomes tens of millions of passengers every year, but it has developed a system that ensures none of their baggage ever goes missing. Losing a piece of baggage is always a risk at airports. For example, in the US, data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows that domestic flights lose about […]
Yongwu Road – China’s Most Beautiful Flooded Road
Every year, during the rainy season, a scenic road winding through China’s Poyang Lake like a mythical dragon becomes flooded, offering a unique driving and visual experience. Yongwu Road is the only stretch of road connecting Wucheng, one of the oldest townships in China, to neighboring townships and counties. Part of the X219 county road, […]