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 St. Basil's Cathedral

Country: Russia
City: Moscow
St. Basil's Cathedral The famous St. Basil's Cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built on the edge of Red Square between 1555 and 1561. Legend has it that on completion of the church the Tsar ordered the architect, Postnik Yakovlev, to be blinded to prevent him from ever creating anything to rival its beauty again. The cathedral was built to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's successful military campaign a ...

 Stonehenge Great Trilithons

Country: United Kingdom
City: Moscow
Stonehenge Great Trilithons There are problems with Stonehenge not just the age old problems of interpreting Europe's best known ancient site, but modern problems of security and overwhelming visitor numbers. These mean that, at the time of writing, access to the Stonehenge themselves is forbidden. Visitors must keep outside a fence that draws a wide circle around the monument. There's an inadequate interpretive center, and ...

 Alcatraz Island

Country: United States
City: San Francisco
Alcatraz Island Sitting like a beacon in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, between San Francisco and Oakland, California, is Alcatraz Island.  Though most prominently known for the years it served as a maximum security prison, the “Rock’s” history stretches far beyond those infamous days, and its legends and stories continue to find their way into American lore, complete with a number of ghosts who are sa ...

 The Getty Center

Country: United States
City: Los Angeles
The Getty Center The Getty is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts and the humanities that includes an art museum as well as programs for education, scholarship, and conservation. The Getty Center opened to the public in December 1997, unites the J. Paul Getty Trust's museum, institutes, and grant program on one site in Los Angeles. It has received well over one mill ...

 Museum of Science and Industry

Country: United States
City: Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry One of the nation's premier learning centers, the Museum presents captivating, compelling and real experiences to inspire the inventive genius in everyone. The Midwest's number two tourist attraction (after Woodfields Shopping Center). The 2,000 displays in 75 major exhibition halls are designed for participation. Founding of the Museum of Science and Industry The eulogies were written. By 19 ...

 The Science Museum

Country: United Kingdom
City: London
The Science Museum The Science Museum is an amazing place to visit. Even visitors who go there thinking they weren't really interested in science tend to soon find out that they are in fact interested, amazed, and fascinated by science. The Science Museum is a big place where many of the objects which you know exist in the physical scientific world are there for you to see on exhibition. Often bigger than expected, ...

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