Lithuania is finally on Google Maps Street View. Or as the country is really called, Lietuva. On a first try, it looks like Google covered a lot of our beautiful country.

The project was supposed to have launched at the end of 2012 but it did not materialize until today. Lithuania Google Maps Street View is now live!

Well, as we all know, it's only a matter of time, before somebody will find some «awkward» photos on Google Street View, so lets see what people found in Lithuania! ... Read more »

The Twelve Apostles stacks located in Australia not far from Melbourne is the second most known symbol of Green Continent after the Opera House in Sydney. The cliffs are a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. They have been formed by erosion with the crashing waves of the Southern Ocean.

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The High Line is a park in Manhattan that was built on a section of the former New York Central Railroad, elevated 9 meters above ground. The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan’s streets and is now a perfect spot for relaxing, events, art, music etc. After its closure in 1980, the railroad started to fall in disrepair, therefore the structure was under the threat of demolition.

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Modern architects have reached and churches. It is unlikely that one can immediately guess that this is a gray building of unusual shape is actually a Christian church. This church was built in the Austrian city of Linz on the project architectural firm X Architekten. The new building is intended to be a spiritual, secular and liturgical center for active seniors.

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Stunning with their majesty, castles of Great Britain attract tourists from all over the world. Tall castles in Scotland, Wales, ancient castles and, of course, posh castles in the heart of England. It's impossible to list all the residences of the kings and generals! But it is possible to allocate some of the most interesting of them.

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Hey guys! I know some people of you live in places where snow is still outside, but it's already spring, and I wanted to show you some photos from the place where worlds most beautiful flowers are born — Holland. I think they also have most beautiful parks with all those flowers :-)

And sine I have only photos here, I would appreciate much, if you could show us some photos in comment session ^_^

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I must say, from an architectural point of view of London produces a depressing effect, especially after Beijing, with its luxurious stadiums. The main problem of the London Olympic projects: the strict dictates of government officials, which destroyed at the root all the attractive and spectacular elements of buildings. A modest budget has priority over the country’s prestige and beauty of the sports festival. Unofficial motto of the London Olympics, «Save!» As a result, most of the projects — a boring box.

On the 14th of February millions of people around the world celebrate "Valentine's Day", which is associated with the name "Valentine". In fact this holiday is honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentinus and it was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD.

The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines").

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