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Photo credit The main concern was the preservation of the documents within it. This tower can hold 180,000 volumes and contains valuable collection that are generally off-limits, except to librarians. Two large marble staircases ascend up to the mezzanine level that allows people to move around the glass tower. Beinecke library is open to all Yale students and faculty, as well as visiting researchers. Voynich Manuscript.Photo credit The original Gutenburg Bible....

Its like travelling back in time and conversing directly with the Pilgrims. Speak with the sailors to learn about the perils of maritime travel and the tools of 17th-century navigation. Mayflower II, the full scale replica of the original 17-century ship Mayflower.Photo credit Sources:Wikipedia/Plimoth.org

It is a popular beach destination known for its sandy beaches and carnival like atmosphere. Rogers had named his orchard “The Garden By The Sea”. In 1853, the Grand Trunk Railroad connected Old Orchard Beach to Montreal encouraging Canadians to visit the beach. At its end was a casino and a ballroom with room for 5,000 dancers. Over the years, a series of storms ate away at the pier causing it to decrease in length....

Tokyo based artistSatoshi Arakicreates miniature dioramas of chaotic cityscapes that are the result of urban decay or warfare, with amazing detail. Arakis work is based on images he found on the Internet, explaining how he uses Google image search to look for images from the Iraq war and Iraq ruins. Araki uses Styrofoam board which he cuts, paints and glues them together to create the scene and populates them with plastic models of cars and scooters....

“There is nothing we cannot copy,” an arms trader once boasted to BBC. And its probably true. Once the first copy is made, each additional copy takes two or three days. The copies are so painstakingly reproduced that even the serial number of the original is carried over. Whether these replicas perform as good as the original is, however, another matter. Hence, if something goes wrong the entire gun has to be thrown away....

But these glaciers are rapidly disappearing. Since 1900, the glaciers in Africa has lost 80% of their surface area. By the 1990s, they had a total surface area of only 10.7 square km. Scientists predict that by 2030, the last remaining ice would be melted away. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the worlds highest free-standing mountain. But since the 1900s, there is clear evidence that the glaciers have shrunk consistently and dramatically....

Six years later, Diller published his findings in which he briefly described seeing the stump. At the waterline the stump is about 2 feet in diameter and stands approximately 4 feet above the water. Over the years, the lake became a minor tourist attraction and the Old Man became a celebrity. The cold water prevented the wood from rotting. An outstanding feature of the Old Man is that it travels extensively throughout the lake....

Fifty years ago, a local station manager discovered the fossilized footprints while looking for opals. The area measures about 22 meters by 22 meters in size. Later research however, challenge this story. Analysis of the sediments indicate that the area had no prehistoric lake. The researchers also didnt find evidence of a coordinated run in one direction. And contrary to previous interpretations, only one species of dinosaur was responsible for the abundance of tracks....

Some of these buildings have survived to present times. The Hofskirkja Church is one such building. The roof is made of stone slabs and covered in turf. It is one of six churches in Iceland still standing, which are preserved as historical monuments. The church is maintained by the National Museum but also serves as a parish church. In the 20th century this changed dramatically, as fewer and fewer turf-houses were being built....

Earharts plane never arrived, although her transmission was received on Howland Island. Unfortunately, the short lighthouse called Earhart Light, today stand disused and in disrepair. It is located near the boat landing at the middle of the islands west coast. Originally the lighthouse was intended to be manned, and perhaps even illuminated. After the war, all attempts at habitation on the island were abandoned. No further restoration had happened since that time....

Dotting this vast savannah are outcrops of granite that stick out like rocky islands in a sea of grass. These rocks were laid down more than 500 million years ago all over Africa. Kopjes are refuges for life in the Serengeti. An interesting mammal exclusive to the kopjes is the Rock Hyrax. The kopje was thus named Simba Kopje.

These conditions have made Klaksvik the most important fishery center in the islands. Originally, there were four farms located where Klaksvik is now. In time, they grew into four villages that finally merged to form the town of Klaksvik in 1938. With this Klaksvik can now be considered one of its key ports poised to compete with larger terminals elsewhere. In addition, Klaksvik is exploiting its potential as a first-class tourist destination....

Shah-e-Cheragh is one of the most beautiful mosques and an important pilgrimage center of the city of Shiraz. The glittering interior of Shah-e-Cheragh. A still from the movie Baraka. The wide mosque is flanked by two minarets and dominated by a dome is located in the west wing. The pilgrims kiss and fondle the door as you enter. Embedded in the walls everywhere are verses from the Quran written on silk paper and framed....