africa
All the best wildlife, bazaars, and adventures Africa has to offer from Cairo to Cape Town.
Visiting Mozambique
Mozambique is a country in southern Africa with a coastline along the Indian Ocean offering many popular beaches. Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. It is an interesting city with colonial architecture and many turn-of-the-century buildings as well as markets and plazas.
By Rasma Raisters3 years ago in Wander
Interesting Zimbabwe
Harare is the capital of the landlocked country of Zimbabwe in southern Africa. National Heroes’ Acre is a grandiose obelisk that overlooks the city is located just 7 km from Harare. It was designed with the assistance of North Korea. It is a memorial to the forces who died during the Second Chimurenga. There’s a giant socialist-realism statue of the unknown soldier (actually three soldiers) which is surrounded by bronze friezes depicting stirring war victories.
By Rasma Raisters3 years ago in Wander
60 Interesting Facts About Pennsylvania
Facts about Pennsylvania 1. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. The name of the state comes from the name of the founder’s father (Admiral William Penn) and not his own. The founder William Penn wanted the state to be named “Sylvania”. (Sylvania is a Latin word meaning “woodlands.”)[2]
By Sriram Nadarajan3 years ago in Wander
54 Interesting Facts About Iowa
Interesting facts about Iowa 1. It’s the Home of the World’s Largest Bullhead Fish Statue The statue is 12 feet long. It sits on a crystal lake which has several hundred real bullhead fish at the bottom. It’s such a breath-taking view for you and your family.
By Sriram Nadarajan3 years ago in Wander
37 Important Facts About South Dakota
Facts about South Dakota 1. Mount Rushmore – the Black Hills where the sculptures of ex U.S. presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt are made. The four faces at the hill represent four stages of America’s history: Washington, the birth of the nation; Jefferson, the growth; Lincoln, the preservation; and Roosevelt, the development.
By Sriram Nadarajan3 years ago in Wander
39 Interesting Facts About New Jersey
Interesting Facts About New Jersey 1. Some of the most prolific inventions of the 20th century happened right here in New Jersey. One was done by Thomas Edison when he introduced the world to his idea of an electric light bulb. At his laboratory in Menlo Park, Edison built his first high resistance, incandescent electric light. Edison was born in Ohio on February 11, 1847.
By Sriram Nadarajan3 years ago in Wander
37 Important Facts About New Hampshire
New Hampshire facts 1. The state is nicknamed “The Granite State” because granite from the state was supplied for building structures mainly in Boston and Washington D.C., and many other small towns. The pink colored Conway Granite and the gray colored Concord Granite are two granites that were quarried locally and shipped widely. The granites got their names from the towns in which they were first quarried.[1]
By Sriram Nadarajan3 years ago in Wander
