Capilano Suspension Bridge in Canada

Voices from Vancouver's past mingle with the sounds of nature, beautiful gardens skirt colourful totem poles, British Columbia First Nations artisans chisel legend into cedar and Capilano Suspension Bridge takes you to the serenity of a West Coast rainforest and Canada's award-winning Vancouver attraction, Treetops Adventure. 

Capilano Suspension Bridge is one of Vancouver, British Columbia's most popular tourist attractions. The reason is simple, there are so many things to see and do! Just minutes from the bustle of downtown Vancouver, the attractions at Capilano Suspension Bridge offers a unique mix of adventure, history and culture making this Vancouver tourist attraction a complete British Columbia experience and an essential on your list of things to do in Vancouver, BC.

Vancouver's oldest tourist attraction, originally built in 1889, stretches 450 feet (137m) across and 230 feet (70m) above Capilano River. Since then much has been added to the twenty-seven acre park. Of the many things to do, Treetops Adventure is the park's newest attraction - seven suspension bridges through the evergreens taking you up to 100 feet (30m) above the forest floor. Guided nature tours, the Kids' Rainforest Explorer program and Living Forest exhibit enhance this unique rainforest encounter. Enjoy musical entertainment and First Nations carving demonstrations. Take photos at the Totem Park and with the Capilano Tramps. Top it off with a visit to the gift shop full of quality merchandise from all over Canada and great homemade fudge! It's all in a day's fun at Capilano Suspension Bridge.

Via — Link

Amazing bridge in Norway

This bridge is located in Norway. When you go on it, so it seems that it ends abruptly, and all the machines that went ahead, anyway what you think about this bridge, for what reason it was built like this ? 

Gorgeous Pagodas in China

01 Liuhe Pagoda

This architectural wonder is located at the foot of Yuelun Hill, in Hangzhou. It is also known as “Six Harmonies Pagoda”. Liuhe Pagoda was originally built, during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 AD). The octagonal pagoda was built out of brick and wood, and is 196 feet high.

The pagoda is most popular structure associated with Buddhism. Its origin can be traced all the way back to the 3rd century BC. Let’s take a look at 06 more and most amazing pagodas in China today after the break...

06 Sakayamuni Pagoda

Sakayamuni Pagoda is the oldest and fully-wooden pagoda in China. It was originally a big temple and built during the Liao Dynasty. Its total height is 67.31m.

05 Big Wild Goose Pagoda

One of the four ancient capitals of China, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a symbol of Chinese culture and a holy place for Buddhists. Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Xian and 211.6 feet high. It is considered a masterpiece of Buddhist architecture, due to its simple style.

04 Tianning Pagoda

13-story Tianning Pagoda is the tallest pagoda in the world, standing at 504.6 feet. Very tough wood, brought in from Burma, and 75 tons of brass and gold were used in the construction of this incredible structure.

03 Yellow Crane Pagoda

Yellow Crane Pagoda Known as “The First Scenery under Heaven”. Yellow Crane Pagoda is one of the most popular towers south of the Yangtze River. Yellow Crane Pagoda a symbol of Wuhan City. Originally built during the Three Kingdoms Period, by Sun Quan. The current structure dates back to 1985, and it copies the design of a Qing Dynasty picture.

02 Leifeng Pagoda

The octagonal, five-story pagoda was built out of brick and wood. Constructed in 975, by the King of Wuyue Kingdom, to celebrate the birth of his son, Leifeng Pagoda quickly became one of the most famous buildings in China.

01 Sun and Moon Pagodas

 Sun and Moon pagodas are one of the most popular attractions of Guilin,located on Banyu Lake. Sun Pagoda, is the tallest copper pagoda in the world, 41 meters. And Moon Pagoda is 35 meters tall. The best time to visit the Sun and Moon pagodas of Banyu Lake, is at night, when they both light up in gold and blue.

Hotel of Key Cards

Ever wondered what to do with all those hotel key cards you’ve accumulated? Maybe you’ve thought about building your own hotel out of the them. No? Well, that's okay, because Holiday Inn had that bright idea, and will be unveiling the Key Card Hotel—yes, a hotel made out of many, many key cards (more than even we have)—tomorrow in New York. The elaborate stunt is part of the chain’s “Key to Change” promotion, which gives guests the chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to a relaunched Holiday Inn of their choice, anywhere in the world. That’s right: this is not your daddy's Holiday Inn. Spending $1 billion on the relaunch roll-out, IHG expects that 1,200 of its properties will have been relaunched by later this month.
Key to Change Promo details

• From September 14 through October 22, guests at a newly relaunched Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express anywhere in the world can enter the contest. Winners will be identified immediately. (And you can play more than once. Bonus!)
• You can also enter online here. (You can generate a promotion code right there on the website. When we played the code was CHANGE85E4. We didn’t win. Boo.)
• Grand-prize winners will win an all-expenses-paid trip to a Holiday Inn of their choice, anywhere in the world.
• Key Card game pieces will also be distributed directly to Holiday Inn Priority Club® Rewards members.
• The Key Card Hotel was created by world-record holder, cardstracker Bryan Berg.
• It’s made of more than 200,000 Holiday Inn key cards, weighs 4,000 pounds, and took four months to construct. It’s the largest card structure Berg has ever built. (Even though he’s created a few city skylines, including Vegas.)
• The Key Card Hotel at New York’s South Street Seaport from tomorrow through next Monday, September 21st.
• Berg will also build a freestanding 9-ft. replica of New York’s Empire State Building in the lobby of the Key Card Hotel, using Holiday Inn branded playing cards.
• The Key Card Hotel has a lobby, bedroom, and bathroom, all furnished with amenities made out of Holiday Inn key cards.
• The first 250 guests who attend the Key Card Hotel grand opening tomorrow, September 17, at 2:00 pm will receive a free night stay at any Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express around the world.

Via : Link

Smallest Aquarium - Russian Miniaturist Antoly Konenko's Work

Russian miniaturist Anatoly Konenko engaged microminiature art for three decades. He came up with its own technology letters on rice, poppy seed, as well as human hair, and has recently created the world's smallest aquarium with live fish. This tiny tank is made of fiberglass on the bottom rising living algae, and fish in it too, very real - 5 danio rerio juveniles, whose size does not exceed 4 mm. Volume mikrorezervuara - 10 ml. That is 2 teaspoons. 06 more images after the break...

Ark Hotel – World’s New Most Unique Hotel

The Ark project was designed by Russian firm Remistudio with the assistance of the International Union of Architects’ program Architecture for Disasters Relief. The dome-shaped hotel is constructed with wooden arches, steel cables and a “self-cleaning” plastic layer instead of glass. The slinky-like Ark hotel can be adapted to suit both land and water. It is built to stay afloat in the event of floods or rising seas. The 14,000 square metre shell-like construction of arches and cables distributes the weight evenly, meaning it can withstand earthquakes. Daylight is filtered through to internal rooms due to the hotel’s see-through structure, reducing the need for lighting. 09 More images after the break...

Designed as: “an integrated energy system with an uninterruptible power supply using alternative energy sources”, the hotel uses solar panels and a rainwater collection system to provide inhabitants with power and water. It would be built around a central pillar connecting to roof-top wind generators and heat pumps, as well as to energy storage and thermal conversion units below.There will also be a “tornado” energy generating spiral at the top of the pillar.

Via — Link