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Amazing Pura Taman Ayun (Royal Temple of Mengwi) Temple

The Royal Temple of Mengwi is one of the most important temples in Bali. Built in 1634 by a King of the Mengwi dynasty, this impressive complex stands on an island in a river, its inner temple surrounded by a moat. Its Balinese name Pura Taman Ayun literally means ‘Garden Temple in the Water’. [Source]

Dali Museum's Spiral Staircase

This museum houses the world's most comprehensive collection of works by the renowned Spanish surrealist. In addition to housing six of the artist's masterworks, it includes oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and more than 1,000 graphics, plus posters, photos, sculptures, objets d'art, and a 5,000-volume library on DalĂ­ and surrealism. There are free docent-led tours. [Source]

Great Houses of Havana

One of the beautiful architecture in it. Simply colorful and mind blowing architecture style and creativeness. [Source]

China Steel Corporation Headquarters

The port city Kaohsiung located in southern Taiwan is transforming itself from an industrial town to a multi-functional business-trading city. The China Steel Corporation Headquarters is situated in an area adjacent to the port, where the largest urban development in Kaohsiung in recent years is taking place. This area will facilitate functions ranging from transportation, logistics and trading to culture, recreation and institution. The headquarters will be an integral element of this new area, and will also become the new landmark for the Kaohsiung Port. [Source]

Willis Tower

Willis Tower (formerly named and still commonly referred to as Sears Tower) is a 108-story, 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago. In 1969, Sears, Roebuck & Co. was the largest retailer in the world, with approximately 350,000 employees. Sears' optimistic growth projections were not met. Competition from its traditional rivals (like Montgomery Ward) continued, with new competition by retailing giants such as Kmart, Kohl's, and Walmart. [Wiki]

Amazing Kafka Castle

Outskirts of Barcelona. Known for its innovative and colorful, structures the catalan architect Ricardo Bofill collaborated on the design of an apartment complex in the outskirts of Barcelona in the area of Sant Pere de Ribes.Completed in 1968, the castle of Kafka - a tribute to Franz Kafka - techniques of traditional design and the aesthetics of the typical Spanish apartment buildings. [Source]

Cape Buffalo

Cape buffaloes are not aggressive animals, but will attack head on if they feel threatened. Do not be deceived by their bulky frame – an adult male can reach a speed of up to 40 miles per hour. On average, the cape buffalo kills over 200 people per year by trampling. [Source]

Beautiful Siena Cathedral

Siena Cathedral is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta. [Source]

American Radiator Building

The American Radiator Building (since renamed to the American Standard Building) is a landmark skyscraper located at 40 West 40th Street, in midtown Manhattan, New York City. The architects combined Gothic and modern styles in the design of the building. Black brick on the frontage of the building (symbolizing coal) was selected to give an idea of solidity and to give the building a solid mass. [Wiki]

Amazing Black Jaguar

The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Color morphism occurs in the species. A near-black melanistic form occurs regularly. Jaguars with melanism appear entirely black, although their spots are still visible on close examination. [Wiki]

Shanghai Huxinting Tea House

The first name for Huxinting Tea House was Yeshi. Eventually, it became popular as Wanzai. Soon, it was again renamed as Mid-lake Pavilion Teahouse. The main reason why it got its latter name is because of the location of this teahouse. A small artificial lake is found in the middle of Shanghai. Right on this lake stands a beautiful pavilion. Both were constructed during the Ming Dynasty and it is attributed to an official named, Pan Yundan. Originally, both the lake and the great pavilion were considered as a part of the Yu Garden. In 1784, the pavilion went through renovations because of the orders of Qing Dynasty’s emperor Zhu Yunhui. When its beauty was revived, it emerged as a meeting place for merchants and elites. [Source]

Scary New City Village

Demons Alley. These abandoned homes were once called New City Complex or New City Village & was a community just off of Rt 23 in West Milford, New Jersey. They were residences for Newark Watershed employees; the watershed being an entity that ultimately took over the property when the last occupant left in 1992. [Source]

Richtersveld in South Africa

The Richtersveld is a mountainous desert landscape characterised by rugged kloofs and high mountains, situated in the north-western corner of South Africa’s Northern Cape province.Located in South Africa's northern Namaqualand, this arid area represents a harsh landscape where water is a great scarcity and only the hardiest of lifeforms survive.
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Glow Worm Cave in New Zealand.

The Waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand, known for its population of glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa.These glowworms are found exclusively in New Zealand and are around the size of an average mosquito.This cave is part of the Waitomo Caves system that includes the Ruakuri Cave and the Aranui Cave.
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Abandoned Scary Castle

An Abandoned Scary looks Castle. Still This castle do have some attractiveness under it. Beautiful scary scene. [Source]

Abandoned Spooky Dark House

One spooky house. Damaged houses have some glamour it self. [Source]

Beautiful Secretarybird

The Secretarybird or Secretary Bird is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. It is given its own family, Sagittariidae. It is usually found in the open grasslands and savannah of the sub-Sahara. The Secretary Bird is instantly recognizable as having an eagle-like body on crane-like legs which increases the bird’s height to as much as 1.3 m (4 ft) tall. Unlike most birds of prey, the Secretary Bird is largely terrestrial, hunting its prey on foot. Adults hunt in pairs and sometimes as loose familial flocks, stalking through the habitat with long strides. [Wiki]

Scary Dark Abandoned Staircase

Spooky Abandoned Staircase in a famous castle. looks so horror. [Source]

Abandoned Scary House

One scary horror looking house. [Source]

Scary Abandoned House

An Abandoned spooky house. But still looks so smart. Good Old Stylish House. [Source]