Lockheed Constellation – The Star of the Skies is being exhibited in Kansas City
The propeller-driven, four-engine airliner built by Lockheed Corporation between 1943 and 1958 at Burbank, California.…
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Apelles Painting Campaspe – The great art gallery painting is being exhibited in The Hague
This is one of only three surviving paintings by Willem van Haecht depicting the interior…
SS America – The American Star rests in Fuerteventura
An ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the…
Nefertiti Bust – The symbol of the Ancient Egypt is being exhibited in Berlin
A painted stucco-coated limestone bust of Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.…
Pysanka Museum – The collection of over 10,000 pysanky in Kolomyia
The museum was opened on September 2000, during the 10th International Hutsul festival. Director Yaroslava…
Lindholm Høje – The Viking burial site in Aalborg
A total of 680 graves and 150 stone ships have been found on the site.…
World Cup – The first goal in the first stadium in Montevideo
This stadium was mainly used for football matches of the owner club Peñarol from 1921…
Abebe Bikila – The Ethiopian runner wins the marathon barefooted in Rome
Τhe African athlete, was a pioneer in long-distance running. Abebe participated in a total of…
1946 Turin Grand Prix – The first ever F1 modern race in Turin
Formula One is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale…
STS 1 Columbia – The first orbital NASA’s Space Shuttle program launches from Titusville
The first orbiter, Columbia (Space Transportation System-1), launched on 12 April 1981 from Kennedy Space…
Baikonur Cosmodrome – The world’s first spaceport for orbital and human launches in Baikonur
The spaceport is located in the desert steppe of Baikonur, about 200 kilometers east of…
OAO 2 Stargazer – The first successful space telescope in Earth orbit
The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2, launched on December 7, 1968. An Atlas-Centaur rocket launched it…
International UFO Museum and Research Center – The location of the UFO history in Roswell
Museum is focused largely on the Roswell Crash and later supposed UFO incidents. It was…
Sólheimasandur Crash – The Abandoned plane wreckage in Sólheimasandur
The remains of the aircraft which crashed in 1973 have remained relatively intact, leading to…
Cube houses – The set of innovative houses in Rotterdam
The houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom.…
Paris of China – The replica of the French capital in Tianducheng
Spread over 31 square kilometers, this luxurious housing estate, opened in 2007, was modeled after…
Bishop Castle – The elaborate and intricate castle in Rye
The “castle” is located in the San Isabel National Forest, southwest of Pueblo, Colorado. Bishop…
Oriental Pearl Tower – The space city tower in Shanghai
Construction began in 1991, and the tower was completed in 1994. Its principal designers were…