10 Most Beautiful Railway Stations of the World

But there are railway stations around the world that offer more than hot beverages and gloomy stationary stores. Here I have compiled some of the most beautiful railway stations of the world. I hope you will like it.

Union Station

Union Station in Los Angeles, California, which opened in May 1939, is known as the “Last of the Great Railway Stations” built in the United States.

Beijing West railway station

Beijing’s West Railway Station is located in western Beijing. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it is the largest railway station in Asia.

Grand Central Station

Grand Central Terminal is a terminal station at Manhattan in New York City. It is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms 44, with 67 tracks along them.

Wellington Station

Wellington Railway Station is the southern terminus of New Zealand’s North Island Main Trunk railway. In terms of number of services and in passenger numbers, it is New Zealand’s busiest railway station.

Shanghai Railway Station

Shanghai Railway Station is the main railway station in Shanghai. It is one of the top class railway stations in China. Its passenger traffic is heaviest at all railway stations in Shanghai.

Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was completed in 1910 to replace an older station on the same site. The station is notable for its architecture, adopting a mixture of Eastern and Western designs.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

It is the main railway station in Berlin, Germany. Designed by the Hamburg architecture firm it began full operation in May 2006. The station serves an estimated 1,800 trains and 350,000 passengers per day.

Union Station Washington DC

Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, D.C., when it opened in 1908. It is one of the busiest and best-known places in Washington, D.C., visited by 32 million people each year.

Gare du Nord, Paris

Gare du Nord offers connections with several urban transportation lines. By the number of travelers it is the busiest railway station in Europe and one of the busiest in the world.

Kiev Passenger Railway Station

Kiev Passenger Railway Station is Kiev’s main passenger railway station, serving more than 170,000 passengers per day. The station provides long-distance service including international, and a short-distance service to nearby regions.

10 Deadliest Water Creatures in the World

Stingrays

The spear, which stiffens when the stingray feels threatened, is serrated like a steak knife and packs venom that can be deadly to predators.

Moray Eels

Snake like body, protruding snout and wide jaws. These primitive creatures just look like death. They’re fish, by the way, and they can be up to 8 feet long.

Sea Lions

They’re considered cute, trainable and are major attractions at zoos, but have been known to bite people.

Crocodiles

Crocs have earned a reputation as one of the wild kingdom’s most ferocious predators. Relying on purely brute strength, they are capable of dragging down water buffaloes and have occasionally victimized humans.

Sea Snake

Sean snakes are related to cobras, so when it comes to venom, they know what they’re doing. Their bite paralyzes and kills prey in seconds.

Lionfish

Popular in home aquariums, these docile fish sport a striking fan of venomous spines. Although not fatal to humans, the spines deliver a painful sting that can cause headaches, vomiting, and respiratory distress.

Puffer fish

You don’t even have to be near water for this creature to kill you. The puffer fish, also known as a blowfish has venom stronger than cyanide.

Stonefish

It’s the most venomous fish in the world, and it’s a master of disguise, hiding in plain sight on the seafloor, looking like any other rock.

Tiger Shark

The great white shark gets all the attention. But reality is tiger sharks kill more people. Tiger sharks will eat anything: fish, seals, birds, squid, small sharks, dolphins. They can be up to 18 feet long and weigh a ton.

Box Jellyfish

These gelatinous creatures are flat-out deadly. Dozens of people die each year from the many species of box jellyfish that exist in all oceans.

10 Most Amazing Lakes in the World

Whether dotted with mineral accumulations, cascading down mountains or home to a rare breed of flamingo, each of these 10 lakes are definitely worth veering off course for. Here I have compiled some of the amazing lakes in the world.

Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

Sixteen cascading bodies of water called the Plitvice Lakes are divided into upper and lower basins by dams made of moss, algae and bacteria.

Laguna Colorada, Bolivia

Speckled with white borax isles, the Laguna Colorada is a shallow salt lake in southwest Bolivia. It is red in color due to sediments and pigmented algae.

Dead Sea, Jordan

This landlocked lake in Southwest Asia, which sits at the lowest dry-land elevation on the earth’s surface, is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean which makes it one of the world’s saltiest bodies of water.

Spotted Lake, Canada

In Osoyoos, British Columbia, there is a 38-acre natural phenomenon called Spotted Lake. It contains one of the world’s highest concentrations of minerals.

Lake Titicaca, Bolivia and Peru

Lake Titicaca boasts three major physical distinctions: It’s located on the border of Peru and Bolivia; it sits at the highest point above sea level of any lake in the world; and is, by volume, the largest lake in South America.

Pitch Lake, Trinidad

Pitch Lake, the biggest nature-made deposit of asphalt in the world, is located in La Brea, Trinidad. It attracts nearly 20,000 visitors a year,

Five-Flower Lake, China

Five-Flower Lake is the most awe-inspiring of all of its bodies of water in the region. Its vast color palette is caused by calcium carbonate as well as hydrophytes, which also leave the water crystal-clear.

Lake Nakuru, Kenya

Protected within the borders of Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya, Lake Nakuru boasts an abundance of blue-green algae, which attracts a myriad of pretty pink flamingos. Over 400 resident bird species, it still remains one of the greatest bird-watching spots on earth.

Kelimutu Crater Lakes, Indonesia

Atop a strato volcano in Flores it is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Typically green, red, black or blue, colors are most apparent in the morning, as the sun shines on them from above.

Boiling Lake, Dominica

Bubbling with grayish-blue water, the Boiling Lake is located in National Park on the Caribbean island of Dominica. It is the second largest hot spring in the world.

10 Most Famous Space Conspiracies of all Time

The Moon Landing was a Hoax

The granddaddy of all space conspiracy theories has to be that the moon. Those who believe the moon landings were hoaxes say that the United States lacked the technology necessary to transport humans to the moon and back.

The Face on Mars

In the 1970s, NASA spacecraft photographed the surface of Mars and sent images back to NASA. In one photo, a hill on Mars’ surface looked a little like a face. Conspiracy theorist theorized that an alien civilization colonized Mars and that the face was evidence of an alien.

Flat Earth Society

In 1956, Samuel Shelton founded a society that subscribed to a theory about the shape of the Earth namely, that it’s flat.

The USA 193 Spy Satellite

On Dec. 14, 2006, Van denberg Air Force Base launched a rocket carrying a satellite called USA 193. The satellite was part of the National Reconnaissance Office’s intelligence program. In other words, it was a spy satellite.

Planet X

Does our solar system contain a giant, unnamed planet? It does, according to the Planet X theory. This theory says that our solar system h as a 10th planet if you count Pluto as a planet.

The Roswell Cover up

Many believe that the US military covered up the crash of an alien spacecraft in Roswell, New Mexico. It has been claimed that various parts of an alien spacecraft and even bodies of extra-terrestrials were retrieved from the scene.

Illuminati and Majestic-12

Secret governments are a staple in conspiracy theories. According to William L. Moore, an “UFOlogist,”Majestic-12 was a code name for a secret government department headed by U.S. President Harry Truman. The purpose of this department: to deal with extraterrestrial beings

2012 and the End of the World

We can blame it all on the Mayans. They created the Long Count Calendar, a time measurement system that had spiritual significance to their culture. They organized their calendar into several cycles, the last of which will end in December 2012.

Shifting Poles

Some people believe that the Earth’s North and South poles weren’t always located where they are now. They believe the Earth once rotated on a different axis. Others say that the Earth always rotated about its polar axis, but that the Earth’s crust shifts so that the land located at each pole changes.

The Dead Cosmonaut

It is said that Gagarin wasn’t the first. Two Italian brothers say that they intercepted transmissions between ground operations and spacecraft for both American and Soviet missions. Supporters of the theory believe the Soviet government hid the cosmonaut’s death to preserve the country’s reputation as a leader in space exploration.

Taylor-Burton

This pear shaped diamond was found in the Premier Mine in Transvaal South Africa, in 1966. Richard Burton bought the stone for Elizabeth Taylor for $1.1 million, renaming it “Taylor-Burton.

The Sancy

Sancy was first owned by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, who lost it in battle in 1477. The stone is a pale yellow and is apparently of Indian origin and is said to be one of the first large diamonds to be cut with symmetrical facets.

The Blue Hope

It was thought to have part of the famous Blue Tavernier Diamond, brought to Europe from India in 1642. It was once owned by King Louis XIV. The diamond can be seen today in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

The Orloff

The Orloff is the world’s third largest cut diamond. Its clarity is typical of the finest Indian diamonds and its color possesses a slight bluish-green tint.

The Regent

The Regent diamond was discovered in 1702 by an Indian slave near Golconda. The Regent is renowned for its exceptional limpidity and perfect cut and has the uncontestable reputation as the most beautiful diamond in the world.

The Idol’s Eye

A flattened pear-shaped stone the size of a bantam’s egg, its polished size is 70.20 carats. Legend states that it was given as a ransom for Princess Rasheetah by the Sheik of Kashmir to the Sultan of Turkey who had abducted her.

The Great Mogul

The Great Mogul was discovered in the 17th century in India. The stone was named after Shah Jehan the builder of the Taj Mahal. However the stone has disappeared. Some believe that the Koh-I-Noor diamond may have been cut from this stone after its loss.

The Excelsior

This diamond is not only one of the world’s largest diamonds it is the second largest diamond ever found in the world.

Koh-I-Noor

This diamond has the oldest recorded history, since 1304. It was re cut during the reign of Queen Victoria and is among the British Crown Jewels and now weighs 108.93 carats. The Koh-I-Noor is said to have come to earth as a gift from the god in India to a faithful worshipper.

The Great Star of Africa

Star Africa diamond is the largest cut diamond in the world. The diamond was cut by a Company of Amsterdam who examined the diamond for six month before deciding how to cut it.