25 Places You Have To See Before You Die Not long ago we came to you with the most incredibly super awesome bucket list of all time and while it included quite a few ridiculous activities (riot tourism?) it didn’t mention much in the way of traveling or seeing the world. So, as a gift to all of you globetrotters out there we decided to fix that and put together a list of 25 places you have to see before you die. Found in the Hunan province of China, the unique views from atop the Tianzi Mountains can be accessed by cable car. The site of some of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, this Greek island features picturesque beach side towns and Mediterranean sunsets. Situated on a mountain ridge overlooking Urubamba Valley in Peru, this is probably one of the most iconic remains of the massive Incan Empire. Composed of several volcanic islands in the North Atlantic the Azores are well known for their beautiful geography and isolation. Located in southwest Bolivia Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat.
Amazing Festivals Around The World That You Should See Before You Die Tweet Once a year some of the countries around the world hold magical and outrageous festivals. Some like the Brazilian carnival and Spanish bull chase are famous world wide while others few people know about. 1. Much like Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnevale in Venice, Canaval is a nonstop party, just with special addition of Brazilian flair. [SEE ALSO - 35 Clearest Waters In The World To Swim In Before You Die] 2. Though there are many smaller offshoots of Oktoberfest around the world, Munich’s original fair is the biggest beer festival in the world. 3. The Harbin festival is the largest snow and ice festival in the world, and it features carvings towering over 20 feet in height and full-size buildings made from gigantic blocks of ice. 4. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. 5. 6. Carnevale, or “Carnival,” has been a Venice tradition since the 13th century. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
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10 of London’s most unusual historical sites | Travel Hanging signs of Lombard Street, the City Lombard Street, amid the hullabaloo of the City, is one of the few places in London where 17th- and 18th-century-style shop signs survive in all their gilt glory, jutting from buildings on wrought-iron brackets, creaking and groaning in the wind. Walking west from Birchin Lane to St Mary Woolnoth’s, you can see the sign of the king’s head, “cat-a-fiddling”, golden grasshopper (originally the emblem of the Gresham family, who built the Royal Exchange), and golden anchor. They are Edwardian reconstructions of earlier (mainly goldsmiths’) signs, reappropriated by early 20th-century banks, though the signs of the black eagle and the black horse, which became the logos for Barclays and Lloyd’s, have vanished. St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell Southwark Needle, London bridge The Cat & Mutton pub, Broadway Market Statue of Mr Jamrach’s Tiger, Tobacco Dock, Wapping Caffè Nero, 79 Tottenham Court Road James J Fox Cigar Merchant, St James’s