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Go swimming in Poço Encantado (Enchanted Well) is an underground lake with a natural window out to the Bahian jungle above. Between April and September, the sun is at the perfect angle and the light hitting the water, giving an amazing blue effect.
The water is so clear that one can see more than 200 feet to the bottom, where ancient tree trunks and rock forma...
Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Barrow. It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States. The distance to the North Pole is 1,122 nautical miles (1,291 mi; 2,078 km), or 40 miles (64 km) further than the distance from Murchison Promontory, Nunavut to the Pole.
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Point Nemo (Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility) is the place in the ocean that is farthest from land. It lies in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,688 km (1,670 mi) from the nearest lands: Ducie Island (part of the Pitcairn Islands) to the north, Motu Nui (part of the Easter Islands) to the northeast, and Maher Island (near the larger Siple Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd L...
Point Udall at the east end of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands is the easternmost point (by travel, not longitude) in the United States including territories and insular areas. It was named for Stewart Udall, United States Secretary of the Interior under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
A sundial known as the Millennium Monument was built above...
Each New Years Day thousands of people across Europe, US and Canada celebrated the arrival of the New Year by jumping into chilly seas, rivers and lakes. Each country has its own name for the event from “Polar Bear Plunges”, “Swims” or “Dips”.
The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United ...
Each continent has its own continental pole of inaccessibility, defined as the place on the continent that is farthest from any ocean. Similarly, each ocean has its own oceanic pole of inaccessibility, defined as the place in the ocean that is farthest from any land.
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The most distant point from an ocean is the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility (or "EPIA") ...
Ponta do Seixas, also known as Cape Branco, is a cape on the Atlantic coast of Paraíba state, eastern Brazil, that forms the easternmost point of the American continents, roughly 8 km (5 mi) southeast of João Pessoa, the state capital.
It is surrounded by white sand beaches bordered by flat-topped forms of sedimentary strata called "tabuleiros", which ri...
Ponyhenge (aka Rocking Horse Graveyard) is one of Massachusetts' weirdest and most unusual attraction. Located outside of Lincoln, Massachusetts is a herd of around 30 wooden and plastic rocking horses gradually appeared on this farmland. Drive on Old Sudbury Road toward Wayland to find it.
Il Porcellino (Italian "piglet") is the local Florentine nickname for the bronze fountain of a boar. The fountain figure was sculpted and cast by Baroque master Pietro Tacca (1577–1640) shortly before 1634, following a marble Italian copy of a Hellenistic marble original, at the time in the Grand Ducal collections and today in display in the classical section of...
The pororoca is a tidal bore, with waves up to 4 metres high that travel as much as 13 km inland upstream on the Amazon River and adjacent rivers. Its name comes from the indigenous Tupi language, where it translates into "great destructive noise". It occurs at the mouth of the river where river water meets the Atlantic Ocean. The phenomenon is best seen in February a...
When strolling through New York's Finanial District make sure to make a stop along Pearl Street to see the 1667 remains of the Lovelace Tavern. Set into the pavement under glass at the pedestrian plaza that curves around 85 Broad Street, are the visible remnants of colonial-era New York.
The 1975 excavation uncovered some of the only physical relics of the old Dutc...
Port Hardy is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada located on the northwestern end of Vancouver Island. Port Hardy has a population of 4,132 at the last census (2016).
It is the gateway to Cape Scott Provincial Park, the North Coast Trail and the BC Marine Trail, located on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. The community has access to spectacula...
Largest Elvis Festival in the World. Every September thousands of Elvis fans descend on the Welsh seaside town of Porthcawl for a unique celebration of The King.The feature events take place over a specific weekend each year, in the magnificent Grand Pavilion.In addition, The Hi Tide host over 100 shows during the weekend, many with free admission.Finally, over twenty...
Start at the Poison Spider Trailhead (aka Poison Spider Dinosaur Tracksite) along Potash Road and look for signed trail to the dinosaur tracks that begins next to the pit toilet. Follow the trail east for 200-yards as it zig-zags up the ledges to the flat rock with the most visible dinosaur tracks. There are several similar rocks in the area also contain dinosaur trac...
The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognised micronation that claims Roughs Tower, an offshore platform located in the North Sea approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) off the coast of Suffolk, England, as its territory. Roughs Tower is a disused Maunsell Sea Fort, originally called HM Fort Roughs, built as an anti-aircraft defensive gun platform by the British during...
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