New York is the beating heart of America and of the entire western world. It’s the business and culture center of the United States, it’s home of the United Nations. It has some of the best museums in the world and the best shopping streets. It even has the largest subway system! New York is recognized by more monuments than any other...
The following list contains the top oil consuming countries in the world. Although industries are interested in using green and sustainable energies, the fact remains that we are still very much dependent in oil, and the oil consumption in the world is still growing. There’s also a correlation between the largest oil consuming countries and...
Before you is a list of the largest metro systems in the world. There are over 165 distinct systems that can be referred as metro system, subway systems or underground systems, and their size can be measured by a number of factors – number of users, total length of rails or number of stations. Here we decided to list the metro systems by the...
After listing the most beautiful Roman amphitheaters (which are full circular structures), it’s now time to list the most beautiful Roman theaters – the semi circular structures with large stage in front. Much like the amphitheaters, the Roman theaters were built all over the Roman empire and can still be seen today all over Europe and...
We gathered together some interesting geographical locations with special significant. All the mentioned places are extreme points of either the entire Earth or a specific continent 1. Summit of Mount Everest, Nepal & China The Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and the summit of the Everest is the highest land point of...
Interchanges are great! Why? Because unlike standard intersections, they allow free flow of intersecting roads rather than having to stop at traffic lights or roundabouts. But sometimes interchanges can be extremely complicated with many junctions and even several levels (those are called stack interchanges). Such a complicated interchange is...
Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is divided by the famous Danube River into two different parts: Buda – the mountainous and greener part, and Pest – the urban, culture and business center. Together, Buda and Pest comprise a diverse city with many different attractions that has something to offer to everyone. Budapest offers tourists...
This list is about Roman amphitheaters – full circular theaters, and does not include the semi-circular Roman theaters. The Ancient Romans built large amphitheaters all over the Roman empire. About 230 Roman Amphitheaters are found all over the area that was under Roman regime. The amphitheaters were used for different events such as...
I wrote on the most famous churches and most unique churches from around the world, and it’s time to list the tallest churches in history. Not surprising, the 10 tallest church buildings in the world are almost exclusively from Europe: 9 out of the 10 are European, and the other is from Africa. Another interesting fact is that out of the 10...
We already listed the largest states by area, so here are the largest states in the United States by population 1. California – 38 million – The Golden State with it’s metropolis of San Francisco and metropolis of Los Angeles, has the largest population in the United States with almost 12% of the total population of the...
