Today, the New York State Pavilion is perhaps more impressive than it was during the World’s Fair. The Pavilion was constructed for the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Designed by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster.
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The Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica and Panama merges in a seamless sequence of barely-explored mountains and rivers, dense forests opening onto turquoise waters and pristine white beaches. mysterious mangrove channels, coral gardens and exotically wildlife. This is the Oanamanian province of Bocas del Toro. Its capital, Bocas Town is on Colon, one of the 68 Bocas del Toro Islands. Photo by: sanberdoo
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This Massachusetts island off Cape Cod is nicknamed the ‘Grey Lady‘ (because it often rains) maintains six wonderful properties that represent the island’s preserved heritage, including the oldest house (built 1686), the Old Gaol and Quaker Meeting house built in 1838 to serve the island’s most prominent religion. Photo by: stephenk1977
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The Cape Grace hotel is located at Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and built on one of the old quays, South Africa. It was rated Worlds Best Hotel by Conde Naste a few years ago!
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Where the Tiber flows through Rome, there is a single island in its southern bend. Technically, Tiber Island is an eyot with an agglomeration of ancient fluvial silt and detritus. To Romans, it is th site of the oldest settlement in the area. As Rome grew across its seven hills, the island become first an isolation ward for the chronically sick, and then a place of healing and even cure. Today the church there is called St Bartholomew‘s after its primary relics, and is enclosed by a massive basilica. Photo by: Sgommapiuma
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The Isles of Scilly are the most westerly part of Britain. An archipelago of 140 islands, with nothing between them and the USA, they are blessed with a benign climate, despite recieving gale force winds during winter. There are five main inhabited islands; St Mary’s beingthe most developed. Clement weather produces early flowers, and flower growing remains a considerable industry. The Scillies were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1975. Photo by: JC Richardson
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Great Blasket is the largest of six islands that lie to the west of the Dingle Peninsula, Eire. The islands are uninhabited, expect during the summer months, when three people live on Great Blasket; one is a waver and the other two run the cafe and youth hostel. The island is hilly, about 6 km by 0.8 km wide, and is home to donkeys and seabirds. Photo by: tbennett
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The Tsingy de Bemaraha is among the best National Park to visit in Madagascar. Situated 60-80 km inland from the west coast in the northern sector of the Antsingy region of the Bemaraha Plateau, north of the Manambolo River Gorge.
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The Pearl of Oresund is a tiny dot in the spirit between Sweden and Denmark, 8 km off the Danish coast and just 4.3 km from Sweden. It is only 7.5 sq km, a shelf that slopes downward south to north from its highest point at 45 m just 5 m above sea level. The island is incredibly fertile farmland with rich clay topsoil on layers of shifting sand and clay. Photo by: bjaglin
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The Dutch island of Terschelling lies along the Dutch coast for 29 km creating a barrier between the North and Wadden Seas. It is most accessible of the West Frisian Islands, with miles of sandy shoreline and a wonderfully varied landscape for its size. The north coast is a white-sand beach up to 1 km wide, backed by windswept dunes with a hinterland of pine forest. To the south is salt marsh – lush meadowland where catle graze and cranberries grow. The entire eastern end of the island is a nature reserve for migratorybirds.
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