Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
A thousand years of rain and frost, and the glacier that once covered the Ritten plateau melted 10,000 years ago. What it left behind is a forest of earth pillars capped by boulders that look as though a giant dropped them from a great height. The pillars cluster in a ravine above the village of […]
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Categories: Italy, Nature
Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored
Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More When you drive through the French A75 highway which connects Paris with Barcelona, you cannot miss the technical gem in the form of the highest bridge in the world – Millau Viaduct. The bridge crosses the valley of the river Tarn in southern France and was […]
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Categories: France, Sights, Sights, Technical Monuments, Virtual Travel
Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
The Needles pierce the horizon off the western tip of the Isle of Wight, three white chalk stacks rising from a churning sea. A fourth pillar collapsed in a storm in 1764, leaving behind the jagged formation that gives this landmark its name. The Alum Bay cliffs behind them stripe the coastline in shades of […]
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Categories: Islands, Nature, Nature, United Kingdom
