Temple of the Dawn - Seashell Temple Taiwan

Temple of the Dawn - Seashell Temple Taiwan
In the hills near San Chih, northern Taiwan, lies the Seashell Temple, one of the most amazing architectural works in the world. Beautiful Seashell Temple "Temple of the Dawn" in Bangkok. The seashells and bits of porcelain used to make the mosaic designs had previously been used as ballast by boats coming to Bangkok from China. The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahavihara.

Timpanogos Caves - Paved and Wide

Timpanogos Caves - Paved and Wide


Timpanogos Cave National Monument is a cave system in the Wasatch mountains in American Fork Canyon near American Fork, Utah, in the United States. The 1.5 mile trail to the cave is steep at several points, but paved and wide, so the cave opening is accessible to most. Tours are run when the monument is open, usually from May through October depending on snow conditions.

The White Desert of Egypt

The White Desert of Egypt
About 45 km north of Farafra, the White Desert begins. It’s truly a white desert in clear contrast with the yellow desert elsewhere, something which you will not believe before seeing with your own eyes. At night, and many of the organized trips out here include overnight stay out in the desert. The white desert is best viewed at sunrise or sunset, in the light of a full moon, which gives the landscape an eerie Arctic appearance.

The White Desert is a popular tourist spot for its dramatic and unusual rock formations. The snow-white desert is actually made of chalk that has been exposed for years to what geologists call "differential weathering," the erosion of soft particles that results in eerie protrusions of hard rock. These mushrooms shaped rock formations are ten to fifteen feet tall. The limestone bases had been worn away by the mixture of wind and sand that had blown by them at high speeds for thousands of years. The differential weathering explains the very beautiful forms that now fill the White Desert including shapes like domes, minarets, castles, towers and so forth.

Fujian Tulou - Chinese Rural Dwellings

Fujian Tulou - Chinese Rural Dwellings


Fujian Tulou is the most extraordinary type of Chinese rural dwellings of the Hakka and others in the mountainous areas in southwestern Fujian, China. They are mostly built between the 12th to the 20th centuries.

Fujian Tulou houses were built for defensive purposes around a central open courtyard with only one entrance and windows to the outside only above the first floor. Each Tulou house was built as a fortress and functioned as a village unit to accommodate hundreds of residents. Therefore Tulou houses are also known as family kingdoms.

In 2008, UNESCO dubbed China's Hakka Houses as an official World Heritage Site, noting the historic, cultural and architectural value of these amazing structures. Constructed from the 12th century up through the 20th, these buildings housed up to 800 people each.

Dollar Cafe - Most Expensive Wallpapers

Dollar Cafe - Most Expensive Wallpapers


The No Name Pub has the most expensive wallpapers, made of money. The No Name Pub became widely famous because of Jimmy Buffet popularity. People started coming and so their money and that money started being put on the walls, dollar bill by dollar bill. The thirty year results can be seen in the pictures. Startlingly, there is over $750,000 in singles hanging on the walls and from the ceiling.