JIN MAO SPIDERMAN THIS IS SERIAL SKYSCRAPER CLIMBER, FRENCHMAN ALAIN ROBERT. WHAT HE AND THIS PROGRAM HAVE IN COMMON IS A PASSION FOR MONUMENTAL LANDMARKS, NATURAL AND MAN MADE. THIS TIME DRESSED IN A SPIDERMAN COSTUME, THE TINY...

ABU SIMBEL WHEN PHARAOH RAMSES II CARVED TWO TEMPLES OUT OF SOLID ROCK AT A SITE ON THE WEST BANK OF THE NILE, THE SUN GODS AMUN-RA AND RA-HORAKHTE BLESSED THEM WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF LIGHT. SOUTH OF ASWAN IN THE LAND OF NUBIA, THEY ARE...

TIGRIS RIVER IN BIBLICAL TIMES THE TIGRIS RIVER WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FOUR RIVERS TO HAVE FLOWED FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN. THE FAST FLOWING RIVER ALONG WITH IT SLOWER SISTER RIVER, THE EUPHRATES, FLOWS FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF...

IN ONE PANORAMIC SWEEP YOU CAN SEE NEARLY HALF OF THE EARTH'S 4.6 BILLION-YEAR HISTORY. EROSION HAS EXPOSED ROCK STRATA RANGING FROM THE 1.7-BILLION-YEAR OLD VISHNU SCHIST OF THE INNER GORGE, TO THE PALE KAIBAB LIMESTONE DEPOSITED 250...

ULURU MEDICINE AUSTRALIA IS THE WORLD’S ONLY ISLAND CONTINENT AND IS HOME TO SOME ITS MOST FAMOUS NATURAL LANDMARKS. IN CONTRAST, IN THE DEAD CENTER OF THE COUNTRY, IS AN EQUALLY AWE INSPIRING YET VERY DIFFERENT ENTITY, ULURU, A UNIQUE...

UKRAINIAN CHURCHILL IT IS LEGEND THAT AS BRITAIN STOOD ALONE IN THE DARKEST DAYS OF WORLD WAR 2, IT WAS CHURCHILL’S STEELY DEMEANOR AND DETERMINATION THAT WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE COUNTRY STANDING FIRM AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS. NOW HIS...

ITALY ISLAND WE MARVEL AT MAN'S INGENUITY IN CONSTRUCTING TALL BUILDINGS SO THE

EMERGENCE OF A LONG DISAPPEARED ISLAND CERTAINLY QUALIFIES AS A LANDMARK. IN LATE 2006, A SERIES OF SPECTACULAR MOUNT ETNA ERUPTIONS IN SICILY SAW THE...

GLADIATORS THE COLOSSEUM S HEYDAY MAY HAVE BEEN OVER 1500 YEARS AGO BUT OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY TOURISM BROUGHT THE CROWDS BACK IN LARGE NUMBERS TO A SITE SYNONYMOUS WITH BOTH THE GRANDEUR AND IGNOMINY OF ANCIENT ROME. BOTH TOURISTS...

CHRIST THE REDEEMER IT IS BRAZIL'S MOST FAMOUS ICON, CRISTO REDENTOR THE STATUE OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER. FOR OVER 80 YEARS IT HAS TOWERED OVER RIO DE JANEIRO, THE NATION S CAPITAL. THE 125-FOOT STATUE HAS STOOD UPON CORCOVADO MOUNTAIN...

HOLLYWOOD SIGN HOLLYWOOD HAS LONG CONSIDERED ITSELF THE CENTRE OF THE MOVIE UNIVERSE AND HERE’S THE SHOT TO PROVE IT. THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN AS CAPTURED FROM SPACE. BACK DOWN ON EARTH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN RECENTLY UNDERWENT A FACELIFT. IT’S...

ISLE OF MAN THE ISLE OF MAN - A SMALL ISLAND IN THE IRISH SEA BETWEEN BRITAIN AND IRELAND, HAS LONG MANAGED TO MAINTAIN ITS DISTINCTIVE IDENTITY DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF ITS LARGER NEIGHBOURS.

ULURU ULURU TOWERS ABOVE AN OTHERWISE FLAT LANDSCAPE. IT JUTS 348 METRES HIGH AND IS NEARLY TEN KILOMETRES IN CIRCUMFERENCE. AN UNOBSTRUCTED 360 DEGREE VIEW OF ITS FAMILIAR RED SANDSTONE GIVES VIEWERS A CONTINUAL LIGHT SHOW THE COLOUR...

HADRIAN S WALL HADRIAN'S WALL IS ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST STUNNING AND MEMORABLE MONUMENTS. IT WAS BUILT IN AD 122 TO SEPARATE THE ROMANS FROM THE BARBARIANS. THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE TAKES IN SOME OF THE MOST RUGGED MOORLAND AND RUNS...

BHUTAN TOURISM IT HAS ALL THE ELEMENTS OF SHANGRI LA - MISTY MOUNTAINS, MYSTERIOUS MONASTERIES, EMERALD GREEN PADDY FIELDS AND TALES OF YAKS AND YETIS. AFTER YEARS OF CONTROL, THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS VISITING BHUTAN'S SPECTACULAR...

EASTER ISLAND EASTER ISLAND OR RAPA NUI AS IT IS KNOWN TODAY IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST REMOTE INHABITED ISLANDS. IT IS FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR ITS LARGE STONE STATUES, THE MOAI. BUT WHILE THEIR STONY GAZE NEVER SHIFTS, LIFE...

TOWER BRIDGE TOWER BRIDGE CROSSES THE RIVER THAMES IN LONDON, CLOSE TO THE TOWER OF LONDON WHERE IT TAKES ITS NAME. IT IS A COMBINATION BASCULE AND SUSPENSION BRIDGE. ONCE LONDON BRIDGE WAS THE ONLY BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES, BUT AS...

ROCKEFELLER CENTER DOWNTOWN NEW YORK IS HOME TO ONE OF THE CITY S MOST RECOGNISABLE ICONS; THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER. IT S INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IS A TROVE OF ART DECO TREASURES AND A LIVING REMINDER OF AN ARCHITECTURAL ERA THAT WAS BOTH...

ANGKOR WAT FEW LANDMARKS ARE MORE CONFOUNDING OR MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN CAMBODIA S ANGKOR WAT. BUILT IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 12TH CENTURY, ANGKOR WAT IS THE PRINCIPAL TEMPLE OF WHAT WAS ONCE A VAST METROPOLIS. IT IS LOCATED FIVE KILOMETRES...

AMAZING ART OF STEPHEN WILTSHIRE STEVEN WILTSHIRE HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH A SPECIAL TALENT. STEVEN IS A SAVANT, A TYPE OF GENIUS LIVING IN A VERY PRIVATE WORLD. HE DID NOT SPEAK A WORD UNTIL HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY...

BLENHEIM PALACE BLENHEIM PALACE, NEAR OXFORD, IS SITED ON OVER TWO THOUSAND ACRES OF STATELY GARDENS. FOR NEARLY 300 YEARS IT HAS BEEN ONE OF BRITAIN S GRANDEST HOMES. BUT WITH THE COSTS OF MAINTAINANCE RUNNING INTO MILLIONS OF POUNDS A...

THE PASSETTO ROMANS LOVINGLY CALL THE ANCIENT PASSAGEWAY THAT LINKS THE VATICAN TO THE MEDIEVAL FORTRESS OF CASTEL SANT ANGELO, THE PASSETTO, OR, THE SMALL CORRIDOR. IF THE PASSETTO COULD SPEAK, IT WOULD TELL TALES OF MYSTERY AND...

BANAUE RICE TERRACES FILIPINOS OFTEN REFER TO THE BANAUE RICE TERRACES AS THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD, AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO. OF ALL THE EXQUISITELY SCULPTED RICE TERRACES WHICH CLIMB THE SLOPES OF THE CORDILLERA IN LUZON, THE LARGEST...

STATUE OF LIBERTY SHE HAS STOOD AS A BEACON OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY FOR MORE THAN 120 YEARS NOW THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, ONE OF THE WORLD S MOST RECOGNISABLE LANDMARKS AT THE ENTRANCE OF ONE OF THE WORLD S MOST FAMOUS CITIES, NEW YORK.

BRAZIL FUTURE BUILDING HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEING ABLE TO CHANGE THE VIEW FROM THE WINDOW OF YOUR HOME? IF SO, A NEW ROTATING BUILDING RECENTLY BUILT IN BRAZIL MIGHT BE FOR YOU - IF YOU HAVE THE ASKING PRICE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED...