One thing I want to do before I die is witness the aurora borealis.. Apparently, the northern lights occur almost every other day up at the northernmost tip of Scandinavia; even as far south...
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Welcome to Tianducheng, China. Situated just outside Hangzhou in East China’s Zhejiang Province, this small residential area is essentially a ghost town. The Zhejiang Guangsha Co. Ltd took it upon themselves to build a miniature Paris in the...
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Today I have hand wrapped some beautiful pictures taken by Maxim Petrovich Dmitriev (born 1858). The collection appears to be from some kind of religious pilgrimage but his body of work covered many aspects of Russian...
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I was perusing a Russian general interest website the other day and came across a set of pictures of the monastery featured here. There was little detail written about it and I couldn’t find any...
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These lovely aerial photos of Kazakhstan are impressively dramatic but unfortunately the website which hosted them didn’t explain where they were or who took them. But I liked them enough to share. Kazakhstan is one...
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A couple of thousand of reenactment buffs turned up to the English Heritage History Live event the other day in Northamptonshire. People were dressed in English military garb from across the ages. Here are...
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The following snaps are all featured in a book called “The Masters of Nature Photography” published by my old pals The Natural History Museum, London. All of them are past winners of the coveted...
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Eskimos, or Inuits as they prefer to be known are a group that developed in Alaska around 4,000 years ago. Braving the harshest of conditions, and despite all odds, managing to thrive. Although...
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The Cave of the Crystals – Cueva de los Cristales – in Naica, Mexico, houses the largest naturally formed crystals that have so far been found on god’s weird earth. These mighty blocks are...
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Anyone who lives in or around Brighton will have noticed that the refuse collection, street sweepers and recycling collectors have gone on strike. Apparently, the council has announced pay cuts to some binmen...
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