North America

Eye-Catching Panoramic Viewpoint Saar Loop at Mettlach

The natural beautiful Saar Loop River rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine, in France, then the river flows northward through western Germany to...

Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) (Latham, 1801)

Family: Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus) is a member of the family Oriolidae Habitat: Olive-backed Orioles are birds of eucalypt...

Licancabur – A Highly Symmetrical Stratovolcano

Licancabur is a highly symmetrical stratovolcano on the southernmost part of the border between Chile and Bolivia. But...

The Magnificent Red-headed woodpecker

Habitat: The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a common transient and summer resident statewide. It is a local and irregular...

Types of Osprey Calls – A Guide to Understanding Osprey Communication

Types of Osprey Calls Ospreys are one of the most captivating birds of prey to observe in the wild....

Lake Anjikuni – The Mysterious Vanishing Village

Lake Anjikuni is an incredible phenomenon when the entire village vanishes and is nowhere to be found. Lake Anjikuni is a lake in Kivalliq...

Eternal Flame Falls – Orchard Park, New York

Eternal Flame Falls is truly one of the most exclusive waterfalls in the United States and one of the few remaining natural areas that...

Devil’s Den Cave in Florida

Devil's Den Cave is a karst window, in which the roof over a subterranean river has collapsed, exposing the water to the open surface,...

Waffle Rock – A Big Attraction at Jennings Randolph Lake, Virginia

Waffle Rock is a large piece of rock is displayed just outside the visitor center of Jennings Randolph Lake, in Mineral County, in the...

Newspaper Rock – Covered with Hundreds of Ancient Indian Petroglyphs

Well, in San Juan Country, a 200 square-foot Newspaper rock surface is covered by hundreds of ancient Indian Petroglyphs, the rock art chiseled and...

The Petoskey Stones

The Petoskey Stones are composed of petrified skeletons of Hexagonaria percarinata. This is a type of coral from coral reefs that once well covered...

The Marvelous Engineering Feat Tehachapi Loop

The 1.17 km long Tehachapi Loop is an iconic spiral loop, that passes over itself as it expands height on the railroad main line...

Mount McKinley – Highest Mountain Peak in North America

Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,237 feet above sea level. This is perhaps the single...

The Incredible Rustic Beauty of Sun Valley

Sun Valley is a perfect alternative to Colorado’s ritzy resort areas, especially in summer when costs and tourist numbers are lesser. The spectacular location...

Basalt Prisms – Ideal Picnic Place in Mexico

Los Prismas Basálticos also called “Basalt Prisms” is tall columns of basalt rock that line a ravine through which water runs from the San...