From year to year, Harvard University has consistently ranked among the top rankings of most world educational institutions. University professors have an unusually high reputation in the world of science and art, and their research is published in the most advanced scientific journals. Harvard alumni include 48 Nobel Prize winners (Theodore Richards, Albert Gore and others), 32 Heads of State (including John Kennedy and Barack Obama), 48 Pulitzer Prize winners (composer Eliot Carter is one of them).

Amusing facts about Harvard University

• Films such as “Spartan”, “Social Network”, “Angels and Demons” were shot at the University. Many works of art take place at the university.
• American universities have a student tradition of swallowing goldfish. The first fish was swallowed for a joke in 1938 by a Harvard student, after which it was picked up and took root in universities.
• Among the students there is a belief that if you rub the sock of a statue of sitting John Harvard, you can easily pass the exams. That’s why the sock of the protruding shoe is polished to shine.
• The bells of Harvard University bells were previously in the Russian St. Daniel’s Monastery and were sold by the Soviet government for the price of bronze in 1930s. In 2007, the bells were returned to the monastery in exchange for exact copies cast in Voronezh.
• An asteroid (736) Harvard, discovered in 1912, is named after Harvard University.
• In the early years after the opening of Harvard College, it was surrounded by a frequency bell to protect against wild animals and Indians.
• Ig Nobel Prizes were established at Harvard. The prize is awarded for curious achievements. For example, the study of black holes, which may have hell.
• Johnston Gate – the main work of the university is almost always closed. Harvard is full of other gates, open 24 hours a day (anyone can enter the territory on working days). But Johnston Gate, the main gate of the campus, is closed most of the year. This is because Harvard students only have to pass through it twice. The first time is when freshmen come to the campus, and the second, as is easy to guess, when they leave Harvard as graduates. It is considered a bad example if students pass through the gate more than twice.
• Harvard Stadium. The “U-shaped” soccer stadium was built in 1903, making it the oldest stadium in the United States.
• Harvard has the largest budget among universities in the U.S. Equity of Harvard University: 37.1 billion dollars. This makes it the largest university in the world.

Harvard University is rightly among the best universities in the world, but studying here is very expensive and many students receive scholarships that cover part or all of their tuition costs. You can read about writing your scholarship essay and other fellowship rules on the university’s website. The second feature of the university is the complexity of entrance examinations, according to statistics only 5% of those who want to become students at Harvard. However, don’t despair, you can always try your luck at taking the exam.

Polignano-a-Mare – a charming town on the coast of the crystal-clear Adriatic. Charming cottages are bundled on the edge of the coast right on the karst rocks eaten by time and the sea. From the numerous terraces you can enjoy incredible views.

Picturesque coast, incredible water color, rocks, sea air, charm of southern antiquity – in such cities you fall in love immediately. In Polignano a Mar there are old buildings, which are of interest for tourists. But there are also natural attractions. For example, sea caves, or grottos. There are many of them in these places. In which you can get only from the sea, in others – and from land. In one of the grottoes, there is an equipped restaurant. Others preserve the pristine natural beauty.

The caves are interesting not only as picturesque natural objects but also as historical ones – archeological treasures from different epochs were found here.

Denali, the highest mountain in North America.
Denali is the two-headed mountain in the south of central Alaska, the highest mountain in North America. It is located in the center of the Denali National Park. From 1896 to August 28, 2015 was called McKeeley, in honor of the 25th President of the United States. In the early XIX century was called the Big Mountain and was the highest point of the Russian Empire.

The Blue Hole is named after the rich blue colour of the water’s surface. It is explained by the purity of the water and the considerable depth of such wells.

Today the Great Blue Hole is one of the most amazing dive sites found in the world. A giant well with a diameter of 400 m and a depth of 145 m is at the heart of the reef. A large number of fanciful limestone sculptures and stalactites adorn its walls and become more and more intricate as you dive deeper into the reef.

Big blue hole is Belize’s business card

The circular shape of the reef provides an ideal environment for corals to live and grow. At low tide, corals sometimes break down, but very soon new colonies emerge in their place. The Blue Hole is connected to the sea by two narrow channels. Thus, it is an almost enclosed water space. The well is a large entrance to the system of passages and caves that permeate the entire seamount. The cave once had a large vault, but at the end of the last Ice Age it collapsed due to an earthquake. At the same time, rising sea levels caused the cave to be flooded.

At a depth of the first 30 m from the surface, the stalactites adhering to the walls of the well grow perpendicularly and resemble rods. They give the impression that the walls are covered with monstrous shining spikes. A few thousand years ago, these walls were the ceiling of a cave on land. The water in the well is almost immobile. The visibility area is approaching 60 metres.

In the depths of the well, there are entrances to the caves. Some of the underwater tunnels are connected to the mainland of Belize. On the mainland itself there is also a system of water-filled wells, which are connected to each other by tunnels and caves.

Sometimes shark species can be found deep in the well. Most of the time it is quite deserted – too little light penetrates here.

This place became world-famous after the release of a film by the famous French explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau. In which he named this pit among the best places for scuba diving. Not surprisingly, the Big Blue Hole has become a real Mecca for travelers and divers. Despite the fact that due to the lack of normal water circulation, there is virtually no life in it.

The best view of the sinkhole opens up from the air, where the picture takes on a special contrast. From here you can clearly see the dark spot of the abyss of the Great Blue Hole, surrounded by a coral reef.

Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barranca del Cobre) is a chain of canyons in the Sierra Tarahumara region of southwestern Chihuahua, Mexico.

This canyon chain is larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon in the neighboring United States, even though the Grand Canyon is generally larger than any of the Copper Canyons individually. Although it could be a national park in Mexico, the canyons do not currently have such an official status, as this is hindered by disagreements between lumberjacks and the locals of Raramuri. This is one of the most remote places in Mexico because of its location in the Tarahumara mountain range. It offers incredible views.

How to get there

By plane

The nearest airport to Copper Canyon is in the city of Chihuahua (CUU). Flights can be selected, for example, here.

By train

The Chihuahua al Pacífico Railroad, known as El Chepe, is a train line running from the Pacific coast of Los Mochis to the city of Chihuahua, passing through the canyon area. The train became famous for passing through the most picturesque landscapes in the world: it passes through magnificent places between El Fuerte and Krill, especially between El Fuerte and Bahuchivo, where the train rapidly rises to many thousands of feet. The route from Los Mochis goes east and is more picturesque, because in the west trains often go through the most picturesque areas after dark. In winter, it is more problematic to observe the beauty from the windows due to short days or if the 2nd class train is behind schedule.

By bus

The Copper Canyon is well served by bus services. Buses from Transportes Turísticos Noroeste travel from Chihuahua to Disaverdo, stopping in Creel and other small cities such as Cuauhtemoc and San Juanito.

Considering the fact that the streets of Berlin contain so much quality street art, we can qualify them as an outdoor museum that keeps surprising passersby, especially tourists who come visit the city.

The point of this kind of art is to boost awareness, originality and to provoke people to think with their own heads. However, it’s surprisingly how much creativity hides in young minds who decided to paint the city and managed to attract people’s attention and paint their minds on the street walls.

If you still haven’t visited Berlin and enjoyed its ‘outdoor museum’, you don’t know what you’re missing. Scroll down and let us show you. Who knows, maybe peeking into the street art of the Berlin walls will make you catch the first plane to visit this artistic city.

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If you liked our previous post about the creepy beautiful abounded houses around the World photographed by Rebecca Bathory, then today is your lucky day. We finally made a sequel of it with even more beautiful photographs from Rebecca’s website who has over 100.000 faithful followers on the social networks that admire her work.

She keeps the location of the places, especially houses – secret because of their security and possibility of other photographers finding the places and copying her work. The British photographer who lives in London admires the beauty of abandoned places, calling them the ‘Orphans of Time.’ Scroll down and check them out!

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Dracula’s hometown located in the heart of Romania, Sighisoara is a small charming place covering the historic region of the country, with a population of 28,102 according to the 2011 census.

The city administers seven villages: Angofa, Aurel Vlaicu, Hetiur, Rora, Soromiclea, Venchi and Viilor and they’re all amazing! Sighisoara is becoming a more attractive tourist destination lately because of many reasons but today we’ll discover only 7 most important of them. Scroll down and see why you MUST definitely put this lovely little colorful town on your travel list immediately!

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Who said that paradises are only on heaven? If you believe it too, these winter paradises we’ve collected will definitely change your mind and make you wish you were there!

Some of them are located in Russia, Germany or Canada but no matter the location you will fall in love with each one of these destinations at first sight! ATTENTION summer lovers! We’re afraid you will cheat your long-termed relationship with summer and fall in love with winter instead after seeing these photos! Scroll down to rest your eyes and brains for a second and enjoy!

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In the Cappadocia region of Turkey there is a town called Derinkuyu and beneath Derinkuyu there is a city, vast and deep, of ancient design, preserved to this day.

We’re talking about the largest of the Cappadocia underground complexes, which has the potential to house up to 20,000 people. It was opened to visitors in 1969 and the question who built this city and why still remains unanswered. Travelers, if you have a passion for discovering new mysterious places, Derinkuyu is the city you MUST visit soon! Scroll down and enjoy!

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