Hotel Belvedere
The Hotel Belvedere was built in 1882, in the centre of a hairpin bend on the beautiful Furka Pass that was created in 1867. The hotel is situated close to 8.000 feet, or 2.500 metres above sea level. In 1907,…
Bannerman Castle / Bannerman Island Arsenal
The castle was actually a large warehouse, built on Pollopel Island in Hudson River, by the Scottish businessman Francis Bannerman VI, as a warehouse to store his stock of weapons and ammunition. Bannerman bought the island in November 1900, to…
Dunk Island
One of the islands that make up the Family Islands National Park, and a part of the Great Barrier Reef. 4km from the Queensland coast, not far from the town of Mission Beach. The Island was named by James Cook…
Spreepark Berlin
In the GDR controlled East Germany, this was a popular entertainment park. In 1969 it was opened as “Kulturpark Plänterwald”, covering no less than 29,5 hectares along the river Spree.At the time of opening it was the only permanent entertainment…
