Petrified Forest National Park - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Petrified Forest National Park is an American national park in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about 900 square kilometers, encompassing semi-desert shrub steppe as well as highly eroded and colorful badlands. 

 

#59 FOTW - Cardiff, Wales

One of the most interesting facts about Cardiff is that the city has its own island that you can visit. Flat Holm Island is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. On the island, you can admire seabird colonies, war barracks, and a devastated hospital where people were treated for cholera, and even enjoy a pint at Wales' southernmost pub, 'Gull and Leek'.

Flat Holm is also the site of the world's first message sent overseas by radio signal when Italian inventor Marconi sent a Morse code message to Lavernock Point on May 13, 1897.

 

The Monument to the Sunken Ships - Sevastopol, Russia

The Monument to the Sunken Ships is the symbol of the city of Sevastopol, on the disputed Crimean peninsula. Located in Sevastopol Bay, it was designed by Amandus Adamson and built by Valentin Feldmann in 1905.

 

Tausendschön PK 256 - Landshut, Germany

Friedrich "Fritz" Walter was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany and West Germany national teams, he appeared in 61 games and scored 33 goals, and was the captain of the team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

 

Balloon pilot with danish flags by Ib Antoni - Copenhagen, Denmark

Ib Antoni lived a short and intense life. In the late 1950s, only 27 years of age, he sat behind the desk in one of the greatest advertising agencies on Madison Avenue in New York, and just a few years later he became one of the world's most coveted advertising designers in the crowd today known as the "Mad Men" of the advertising industry.
In Denmark Ib Antoni was called the ”national illustrator of Denmark”, because his posters with The Little Mermaid, Tivoli, and Copenhagen were - and still are - a part of creating the narrative of the native country and the national brand, that attracts visitors from all over the world. A narrative of great and clean-cut designs and the love of fairytales taken straight out of H. C. Andersen's adventure.

 

Lufthansa Airbus A340-200 - Vilnius, Lithuania

The −200 is one of two initial versions of the A340; it has seating for 261 passengers in a three-class cabin layout with a range of 13,800 kilometers or seating for 240 passengers also in a three-class cabin layout for a range of 15,000 kilometers.

 

#58 GF - Auckland, New Zealand

Known as the 'city of sails', Auckland is New Zealand's largest city and one of its most striking. The North Island metropolis is blessed with a spectacular waterfront, a magnificent skyline, and more beaches than many of the country's coastal resorts.