The holiday is based on the legend of how the border between the worlds is erased and All Souls of the Dead return to their homes on the eve of All Saints Day and collects donations in the form of food and sweets. Together with them, every kind of evil spirits comes to earth, which […]

There is reliable information about the construction of such structures in Southeast Asia, Ancient Egypt, Central, and South America. Consequently, we can assume that such a construction has been known to humanity for more than 3 thousand years. True, during all this time, the hanging bridges remained rather primitive and allowed to overcome small water […]

The Harlingen Harbor Crane hotel, which is being discussed, is located at an altitude of 17 meters – in a crane cabin, in the port of a small town of Harlingen in the north of the Netherlands. Here it is a cozy nest of the post-industrial era. The crane built-in 1967 worked in the port […]

Despite the popularity of tourists (Saint-Michel is visited annually by up to 3 million people), the abbey itself and the ancient houses of the surrounding city still preserve the spirit of the Middle Ages. Today, Mont Saint Michel is known not so much as a religious, but as a cultural and historical object. On the […]

Russia and Japan learned about the Kuril Islands at the same time. From the 18th century, the Russian side began to send expeditions to the islands, and by the end of the century, it was possible to establish relations with the local population and bring more than 1,500 people into Russian citizenship. The Japanese did […]