Built in 2011, the 54-story building is 188.3 m high, the highest in the Urals, Siberia and all of Central Asia. It is the northernmost skyscraper in the world. The building has virtually no load-bearing walls, the entire structure rests on columns. The skyscraper houses offices and a museum of Vladimir Vysotsky (his hotel room has been recreated and his personal Mercedes is on display) […]
One of the well-studied burial mounds of the Valley of the Kings complex. It is attributed to the pre-Scythian era, the burial was made in the 9th-8th centuries BC. The mound is interesting not only for its antiquity, but also because representatives of the nobility were buried here. Large-scale excavations were carried out in the 1970s. It is considered the largest mound in Tuva - the […]
Burial structures consisting of stone or earth mounds. There are especially many such complexes in Mongolia, one of them can be seen in Tuva, near the village of Samagaltai, one of the oldest settlements in the republic. Tuvan khereskury is an interesting archaeological site. It is easy to get to: the mound with a ring is located at the exit from the village and is visible from the high […]
The Arzhaan-2 burial mound is about 150 years younger than the Arzhaan-1 complex and is located about 10 kilometers away from it. Large-scale archaeological excavations were carried out here in the 21st century – in 2000-2004. The diameter of the mound is about 80 meters, the height of the embankment does not exceed two meters. Scientists attribute its creation to the 7th century BC. Du […]
A mothballed talc deposit 27 km from the city, a natural and engineering ensemble open to visitors. Abandoned mining equipment remains on the quarry territory.
The natural biosphere reserve was created with the aim of preserving in its natural state and studying the natural complex of the Middle Ural mountain taiga. Nature reserve. Square: 335 sq.m.
Filming location of the movie Piranha 3D. Area: 60,790001 sq. km., volume: 803 cubic meters, depth avg: 13,2 m, shore length: 150,91 m, res time: 17,9, elevation: 136
Located two blocks from Inner Harbor in Downtown Baltimore, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture – a Smithsonian Affiliate – documents, interprets, and preserves the complex experiences, contributions, and culture of Black people. The Lewis Museum serves as a catalyst of sustained change by providing robust programs and exhibitions and bold convers […]
Spanning both the Queensland coast and Fraser Island is the Great Sandy National Park. On the mainland, the Cooloola Recreation Area – an area of the park – stretches from the popular beach town of Noosa Heads all the way up to another gorgeous beach spot called Rainbow Beach. This section of the national park boasts spotless beaches and massive dunes. The other section of the park, Fra […]
Up to 300 different species of birds nest here, among which the most famous are terns, herons and bitterns. Moreover, Lake Vaccares is the only place in Europe where the famous pink flamingos live in natural conditions - amazingly beautiful creatures. The total area of the Camargue Park itself is 857 square kilometers, of which 343 are in the marine territory. The maximum height abov […]
A large lagoon located in the Rhone River delta region, southern France, western part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its area is 65 square kilometers, and the depth does not reach even two meters. It is believed that even during the times of Roman rule in Gaul, this lake was already a popular place for fishing. Since 1972, it has been part of the Camargue National Park, creat […]
It was created to protect the population from radiation and to study the effects of radiation on living organisms and the environment in natural conditions. It is located in the forest-steppe zone on the territory of the Kasli and Kunashak districts of the Chelyabinsk region, its area is 16,616 hectares. There are only two such reserves in the world - the East Ural Reserve in our count […]
The sign in the form of a hollow five-pointed star was installed in memory of the first mine of the Soviet era. Near the mine there was a waste heap with a good observation platform for a long time, but it was recently dug up, and the territory itself will most likely be given over to development.