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Lake Baikal
Geography; Geography
Baikal is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world. The deepest point is 1,642 meters. It containing 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
The Ural Mountains
Geography; Geography
Mountains divide Russia on the European and Asian parts. The Urals is the oldest mountains in the world.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
Geography; Geography
At one time, the town of Centralia, Penn., supported almost 3,000 residents, with stores, churches, hotels and bars. It was a boomtown, established in 1866 and built from the profits of coal mined ...
Beelitz-Haelstatten
Geography; Geography
Beelitz-Heilstätten, a district of the town, is home to a large hospital complex of about 60 buildings including a cogeneration plant erected from 1898 on according to plans of architect Heino ...
Oradour Sur-Glane, France
Geography; Geography
Oradour-sur-Glane, France. During World War II, 642 residents were massacred by German soldiers as punishment for the French Resistance. All the women and children were locked in the church while the ...
Maunsell Sea Fort
Geography; Geography
During World War II, the United Kingdom was facing some serious attacks from the sky, and to help minimize the damage done by the Luftwaffe, British engineer Guy Maunsell developed a clever strategy: ...
Bodie, California
Geography; Geography
Bodie is a California State Park as well as California's Official Ghost Town, used to be a mining, is located between the towns of Bridgeport and Lee Vining off US 395. While 95% of the town's ...
