World’s Longest Golf Course Spans 1,365 Kilometers, Takes 5 Days to Complete
There are some long golf courses out there, some covering over 8,000 yards, but they all seem tiny when compared to the world’s longest golf course, which spans a whopping 1,365 kilometers. Nullabor Links is an 8-hole par-72 golf course that stretches along the Eyre Highway, from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to Ceduna in South […]
The Mysterious ‘Fairy Circles’ of Namibia
Legend says that they are footprints of the gods, others believe that they are UFO landing sights, and scientists have their own theories, but the truth is that no one really knows how the fairy circles dotting the Namib coastal desert came to be. Fairy circles are uniformly distributed round gaps in arid grassland across […]
Indian Resort Turns Luxury Swimming Pool into Fish Pond to Weather Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing tourism businesses to think outside the box in order to stay afloat. Case in point, a Kerala hotel and spa that turned its pristine swimming pool into a fish farm. The Aveda Resort and Spa in Kumarakom, Kerala had to shut down operations in March, as part of a nationwide […]
Pfunds Molkerei – The World’s Most Beautiful Dairy Shop
Imagine walking into the most pompously adorned room at Versailles to buy a piece of cheese or some yogurt. That’s probably the feeling you get when you step into the Pfunds Molkerei, officially the most beautiful dairy shop in the world. Located at Bautzner Straße 79, in Dresden, Germany, Pfunds Molkerei is one of the […]
Natural Phenomenon Causes Remote Nevada Lake to Turn Turquoise
Once every 7 to 10 years, Nevada’s Lake Pyramid experiences an algae boom so significant that its color changes from dark blue to a vibrant turquoise. This phenomenon is known as “whiting”. Located in a remote desert area of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribes’ Reservation, about 40 miles northeast of Reno, Lake Pyramid is famous […]
Vietnamese Man Decorates Home With Almost 10,000 Porcelain Dishes
A Vietnamese man obsessed with traditional porcelain dishes and antiques has spent the last 25 years of his life decorating his house with almost 10,000 porcelain bowls, plates and urns. Nguien Van Truong first fell in love with porcelain antiques in 1986, a year after being discharged from the army and returning to his home […]
The Seneca White Deer – World’s Largest Herd of White Deer
The former Seneca Army Depot in upstate New York is home to a rare herd of white-tailed deer, all of which carry a recessive gene for all-white coats. The Seneca white deer are not albinos, they are a natural variation of the white-tailed deer, which are usually a brown color. These rare deer are leucistic, […]
This Japanese Building Has a Highway Passing Right Through It
The Gate Tower Building is one of the many several tall office buildings that make up Osaka’s impressive skyline, but there is something about it that makes it unique in the world – it has a functional highway going right through it. Photos of this architectural anomaly have been doing the rounds on social media […]
Bangkok’s “David Beckham Temple” Is One of the World’s Weirdest Religious Buildings
Wat Pariwat, in Bangkok, Thailand, gets its famous nickname – “David Beckham Temple” – from a gold-plated statue of the English former football player holding up a statue of Buddha. But that’s just one of the unexpected characters you’re bound to notice visiting this unusual holy place. David Beckham’s statue was installed at Pariwat Temple […]
Window Swap – A Site That Lets You Experience the Views From Total Strangers’ Windows
In a time when traveling the world isn’t as simple as it used to be, a site that lets you experience the view from a window halfway around the world sounds pretty interesting. That’s where Window Swap comes in. Developed by Sonali Ranjit and Vaishnav Balasubramaniam, a husband and wife team from Singapore, as a […]
This French Forest Is Home to Over 100 Wallabies
If you find yourself walking thorough the forest of Rambouillet, just west of Paris, and happen to see an animal resembling a kangaroo, know that your eyes aren’t playing trick on you, the French forest has been home to up to 150 wallabies for over 40 years. The colony of red-necked Bennett’s wallabies living in […]
Chinese Tourist Attraction Lets You Experience Kung Fu Movie Flying First Hand
A unique tourist attraction in southeastern China’s Fujian province lets wuxia fans fulfill their dream of experiencing the flying techniques of the kung-fu masters they used to watch on TV growing up. If you’re a fan of popular wuxia films like “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” or “House of Flying Daggers”, you’ve probably fantasized or even […]
Purple Island – South Korea’s Newest Instagram-Worthy Tourist Attraction
There are plenty of interesting places to visit in South Korea, but if you’re all about adding new and exciting content to your Instagram feed, the you simply must add the Purple Island on your itinerary. With the Covid-19 wreaking havoc around the world, South Korea included, international travel isn’t what it used to be […]
Taiwanese Airport Debuts “Fake Flight” Service for Grounded Travelers
Taipei’s Songshan Airport recently launched a unique “fake flight” service that gives melancholic travelers the chance to go through the check-in and plane boarding procedures without actually taking off. Ever since Taiwan closed off its borders in mid-March, travelers have been forced to dream and reminisce about their past adventures in foreign lands, but on July […]
Drone Photographer Captures ‘Lenin’-Shaped Forest in Siberia
Vladimir Ilich Lenin, the founder and first leader of the Soviet Union, lives on in the hearts and minds of the Russian people, but also in one little-known geoglyph in the country’s Siberia region – pine tree forest that spells “Lenin” in Cyrillic letters. Russian photographer Slava Stepanov was planning a business trip to the […]