Once home to the powerful El Glaoui family, this popular Moroccan tourist destination sits collapsing from erosion in the Atlas Mountains. A project was announced in 2010 to restore and preserve what is left of this original palace. … Read More
Amazing Places To Visit Before They Disappear
The Grand Canyon – Arizona – USA
The Grand Canyon Named as one of the 11 most endangered historical sites in the U.S. by the National Trust of Historic Preservation in 2015, this American natural wonder is threatened by the effects of mining and tourism traffic. … Read More
The Door to Hell – Turkmenistan
n the depths of Turkmenistan’s Karakum Desert, the Door to Hell was set alight in 1971 after engineers feared it was emitting poisonous gases. Over 40 years later the gaping inferno continues to rage, drawing in the small number of … Read More
Glaciers of the European Alps – Switzerland
The Alps started melting 150 years ago at the end of the ‘Little Ice Age’, and since the 1980s the rate of glacial retreat has risen dramatically. One positive outcome of melting glaciers is that hundreds of new crystal clear … Read More
Salar de Uyuni – Bolivia
A magnet for travelers with a knack for smartphone photography, Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni are the largest and most entrancing salt flats on the planet. They are also sitting on half of the world’s lithium reserves, which are now being extracted … Read More
Congo Basin – Congo
Spanning six countries and responsible for nearly half of the world’s oxygen, the Congo Basin is one of the most important and yet vulnerable wilderness areas on the planet. Teeming with gorillas, elephants and buffalo across savannas, swamps and forests, … Read More
Olympia – Greece
The site of the first ever Olympic Games in 776 BC, the ancient city of Olympia has been inhabited since prehistoric times and is one of Greece’s top archaeological sites. In recent years, hot and dry summers have led to rampant wildfires … Read More
Amazon Rainforest – Brazil
Being the largest tropical rainforest in the world, The Amazon Rainforest covers an astounding 1.4 billion acres. This rainforest is so huge that almost half of it falls in Brazil but the remaining is spread out over countries like Bolivia, … Read More
The Sahara Desert – Africa
The Sahara in Africa, which is the largest desert in the world, is growing 0.5 miles per month! Before we know it, it will cover all of Northern Africa, which will change the entire continent. Source
Places To See Before It’s Too Late: Dubrovnik – Croatia
Can Game of Thrones be too much of a good thing? The HBO mega hit has made the ancient Croatian city so popular that it is literally turning tourists away. Dubrovnik is blessed with idyllic weather and a stunning coastline … Read More