Many of us are aware of how massive icebergs can get—some are practically giant ice islands the size of small countries. But few of us have seen how truly enormous they are under water. Photographer Tobias Friedrich braved the freezing waters of Greenland to see just that, diving 98 feet to capture the immense size of icebergs in a set of stunning photos. Friedrich, 35 and from Niedernhausen, Germany, photographed the icebergs near Tasiilaq, the capital of East Greenland, and...

Located twenty miles from the nearest town of Cantwell, Alaska, Igloo City is an igloo-shaped hotel that has been left to the elements for over 40 years. The odd four-story concrete hotel that was constructed in the 1970s along the Alaska Highway system, but it was never completed because it could not the meet building codes of the time. (MORE: No Vacancies – 13 Abandoned Hotels and Resorts) So big it can be seen from airplanes 30,000 feet in the...

August 1926: Boy Scouts crammed into a tent during a camping holiday at Muswell Hill in London. (Fox Photos/Getty Images) While summer camps these days could mean a variety of things, everything from sleepaway camp to basketball camp, the concept originated in the 1880s as a way for children to escape urban life and bask in the beauty of nature. “Summer camps [grew out of a] new appreciation for the wilderness and out of turn-of-the century anxieties about the disappearance...

For 60 years, Guinness World Recordshave collected awe-inspiring, record-breaking wonders. Here, we present a round-up of some of the more remarkable travel-related world records, including places known for their stunning stats, from incredible size to extreme weather conditions. For example, did you know that the rainiest place on Earth is in India and that it gets 467 inches of rain per year? And, did you know that the coldest inhabited place is a remote village in Russia called Oymyakon? In...

This famous Icelandic waterfall is so spectacular, it's named for the gods. Godafoss waterfall in northern Iceland is 12 meters (40 feet) tall, with water thundering down over a 30-meter-wide (100 feet) cliff, says the North Iceland Marketing Office. But it's not just the impressive size and beauty of this waterfall that makes Godafoss such a unique site -- it's also the history. In the year 1000, Icelandic peoples made the conversion from pagan religions to Christianity. Of course this...

From its bustling cities, to its ancient temples, to its snow-capped peaks, Japan is a beautiful and exciting destination to explore all year long. With many small islands south of its mainland, Japan “stretches almost as far north and south as the mainland United States,” says Nick Wiltgen, senior digital meteorologist for weather.com. “As a result, it has a wide variety of temperature[s].” According to him, in the northern part of Japan, summers are mild but winters are cold and...

1. Glowworm Caves - New Zealand Joseph Michael, a photographer based in New Zealand, spent hours capturing the light from glowworms in limestone caves. Because the glowworms are found above water, Michael stood hours in cold water to freeze the worms’ luminosity. “Being inside the caves is an interesting experience,” Michael told weather.com. “The moving water echoes through the cave system, which creates quite a loud ambient noise level.” The immersive experience in the dark meant that Michael needed to...

Together with its sights and sounds, the most memorable ways to experience a city or town is through its distinctive smell. Around the world, travelers will remember the unique, emotion-provoking scent of a place—from the sea-and-salt smell of a seaside town to the odor of car exhaust in an urban jungle. View the slideshow above for a tour of the world's smelliest places: 10 town and cities with unique olfactory features. The town of Rotorua, New Zealand knows there are...

Every year, Paris transforms the riverbanks of the Seine into artificial, sandy beaches packed with deckchairs, free libraries, beach volleyball, ice cream vendors and complimentary concerts. It is the “Paris Plages” event and this is the 13th year the city has offered these free, urban oases for tourists and locals to enjoy, reports The Huffington Post. The beaches opened to the public on July 19. Most will remain open until August 17, although the beach in the city’s 19th ‘arrondissement’...

Fisher Body 21 Plant in Detroit. (Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre) Symbolizing the dramatic decline of Motor City, many buildings and structures in the former manufacturing mecca of Detroit, Mich. lay in crumbling and weather-beaten ruins. In his bestselling book, "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman(who has reported from abandoned cities such as Chernobyl, Ukraine and Varosha, Cyprus) wrote thatstructures crumble as weather does unrepaired damage and other life forms create new habitats. A common structure would begin to fall...

Volcanic eruptions are some of most powerful forces in the world. The burning lava that flows from an eruption can obviously destroy everything in its path, but on the other hand, volcanic eruptions also have the ability to create. In fact, the gases from volcanic eruptions created the planet’s atmosphere, reports LiveScience. Volcanoes also played a key role in creating the first oceans, according to the United States Search and Rescue Task Force, and they have shaped the earth’s landscapeever...

On September 18, Scotland will vote whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom. But while voters decide whether they want the nation to become an independent country, they—and the millions of visitors who visit Scotland per year—are all probably in agreement that its historic castles, stunning lochs and numerous natural wonders make it one of the most beautiful places in the world. Scotland is known for its iconic castles, some towering as...

Latin America is made up of 22 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries from Central and South America and is home to many jaw-dropping sites worthy of anyone’s bucket list. There are several stunning waterfalls that can be found in this region of the world, including Angel Falls, the worlds highest waterfall, and Mocona Falls, which runs parallel, rather than perpendicular, to the Uruguay river. Adventurous tourists can head to Cerro Negro and “volcano-board” down Central America’s youngest (but still active) volcano....