15 unique places and amazing sights of the planet (16 photos)
I suggest you make a little progress in the exploration of the Earth and look at photographs of several little-known, but amazing natural or man-made attractions.
Do you have any idea how many incredibly cool, but not very well-known places on our planet that can make a strong visual impression on us? And there are thousands of them, if you can actually count them.
1. Casa do Penedo - house built between boulders, Portugal
The quaint house was built in 1974.
2. Ancient Roman pool on the seashore
3. Aerial view of the Italian city of Portofino
4. The rays of the sun at sunset penetrate the cave at the right angle to illuminate this area of ice, making it look like amber
5. “Black Crack” in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA
A natural split a meter wide and deep enough that anyone who falls into it will not survive.
6. An aerial view of the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, which began in March 2021
7. Probably the most picturesque soccer field in the world, Greenland
8. The Norwegian city of Rjukan and its huge mirrors
The city is surrounded by mountains, so three giant mirrors are used to reflect sunlight during the six dark months of the year.
9. The Place Where Julius Caesar Was Killed Is Now a Cat Sanctuary
This is Torre Argentina in Rome.
10. Dam of the Kirov Reservoir, Kyrgyzstan
11. False NASA space capsule - a landmark in the town of Winganon, Oklahoma, USA
In 1971, a cement truck overturned near the city. The mixer turned out to be too heavy due to the hardened cement, so it was left as is. Later, local residents repainted it, indicating all the visual attributes of a space capsule.
12. Mysterious black house in Stuttgart, Germany
13. Chicago skyscrapers visible from 80 kilometers away at sunset in the Indiana dunes
14. A very long Chinese city on the Nanxihe River in Yunnan Province
15. Hvitserkur - basalt rock on the shore of the Vatnsnes Peninsula, Iceland ![]()
