The Northern Lights, the common name for an astrological phenomenon known as aurora borealis, are one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. These curtains of colored lights become visible at certain...

The Paricutin Volcano is in Michoacán, Mexico, not far from the Tarascan Indian village that it’s named after. It’s in the Michoacán–Guanajuato volcanic field and is the youngest volcano of...

The Colossus of Rhodes earned its place among the original 7 Wonders of the World for representing the pinnacle of ancient Greek sculptural engineering during its brief existence. Standing at the...

Ephesus, or what is left of it, lies in the western region of modern-day Turkey. This is where the Temple of Artemis was located hundreds of years earlier. Along with the Great Pyramid of Giza and...

Believe it or not, there were tourist guide books in ancient days, just like there are now. Thousands of years ago, someone got the great idea of naming the 7 wonders of the world for Hellenic...

In ancient Greece, every large community had at least one temple dedicated to the worship and veneration of Zeus, but few ancient temples were as grand and elaborate as the Statue of Zeus located at...