The Stockholm Palace (Swedish: Stockholms slott) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. (The private residence of the royal family is Drottningholm Palace). Stockholm Palace is located on Stadsholmen (”city island”), in Gamla Stan (the old town) in the capital, Stockholm. It neighbours the Riksdag, Sweden’s parliament. The personal offices [...]
The Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It has been the tallest building in the United States since 1973, surpassing the World Trade Center, which itself had surpassed the Empire State Building only a year earlier. Commissioned by Sears, Roebuck and Company, it was designed by chief architect Bruce Graham and structural engineer [...]
Syntagma Square, is located in central Athens, Greece. The Square is named after the Constitution King Othon was forced to grant the people after a popular and military uprising, on September 3, 1843. The square is bordered by Vassileos Georgiou A’ Street to the north, Othonos Street to the south, Filellinon Street to the west [...]
The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden was founded in 1808 by John VI of Portugal. It is located in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood. Open to the public on most days during daylight hours, the Botanical Garden is also a research institute that houses collections that include bromeliads, orchids, carnivorous plants, and cacti. Nice and “green” [...]
The World of Coca-Cola is a permanent exhibition featuring the history of The Coca-Cola Company and its well-known advertising as well as a host of entertainment areas and attractions. It is located in Atlanta, Georgia at Pemberton Place (named in honor of John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola), a 20 acre complex located across Baker [...]
