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Virtually unsettled and covered with dense forest, the Erzgebirge gained its name (it means Ore Mountains) only in the 15th century, when the discovery of silver and tin deposits brought a flood of settlers to found its towns and cities. For ...

Germany's second largest island, Usedom is a picturesque, low-lying landscape of rolling meadows, woods and lakes dotted with thatched cottages, windmills and medieval churches. The island, 445 sq km (174 sq mi) in area, views to the northeast of the lagoon ...

The extinct volcano of Mt Elgon lies at the heart of the spectacular national park that bears its name. It is an area with a rich variety of wildlife, including spotted hyenas, rock hyraxes and leopards but it is for its ...

Just 1,600 km (1,000 mi) southeast of Miami, the freeways, skyscrapers, malls and parking lots of the United States crash into four centuries of Spanish colonial culture. Puerto Rico sounds like the most uncomfortable kind of shotgun alliance - but being ...

Located off the Bay of Plenty coast of New Zealand's North Island, Mayor Island is the top of a dormant shield volcano, rising 355 m (1,164 ft) above the waves and believed to have formed about 7,000 years ago. Known as ...

An extinct stratovolcano of extreme beauty, Mount Kenya is the second-highest mountain in Africa, at 5,119 m (17,058 ft). Despite being not far south of the equator it has for thousands of years been capped with glaciers, although these now retreating ...

Tripoli is a delightful, lively Mediterranean city situated on a bay in western Libya, close to the Tunisian border. Tourists tend to come here en route to the magnificent Roman sites nearby, but it is well worth spending a few days ...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has approved 3,000 visas annually for young professionals from India to work in the UK. The British government asserted that the India is the first visa-national country to benefit from the UK-India Migration and Mobility Partnership, ...

The iconic road - from Chicago to Los Angeles through eight states and the heart of America, covering some 3,940 km (2,450 mi) - was nicknamed 'The Main Street of America', bringing prosperity to towns along the way and serving as ...

IRCTC as always took one more move for their passengers to provide them with hassle-free travel by planning a customized menu. The Railway Board has requested that the catering and tourist division, IRCTC, modify its menu to accommodate diabetics, young children, ...

In a welter of foam, the Iguazu River hurls itself off the edge of the Parana Plateau into the gorge below, whipping up clouds of spray that hang high above the falls. Dozen of rainbows dance a colourful ballet in the ...

According to the UN assessments, the Global Human Population on the Planet Earth is projected to surpass 8 billion on Tuesday, November 15 2022. A monumental day in the history of human evolution! By 2030 the global population is projected to ...