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The Grand Canyon is located in northern Arizona and is one of the great tourist attractions in the United States. Carved over several million years by the Colorado River, the canyon attains a depth of over 1.6 km (1 mile) and 446 km (277 miles) long. The Grand Canyon is not the deepest or the longest canyon in the world but the overwhelming size and its intricate and colorful landscape offers visitor spectacular vistas that are unmatched throughout the world.

Believe it or not, this is a real place – Wat Rong Khun, better known as the White Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Thailand that looks like it was placed on earth by a God. Though it may have involved divine inspiration, it was in fact designed by a man. Chalermchai Kositpipat, a Thai artist, designed the temple in 1997. It was almost destroyed by an earthquake in May of this year, but Kositpipat was inspired to rebuild the temple after an outpouring of international support urging him not to give up and let the temple crumble.  Admission to many of the buildings has been forbidden until certain structural cracks are repaired, but visitors can still photograph the temples from the outside.

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort brings the magic of a world-class entertainment experience to people of all ages. Hong Kong is home to the fifth Disney Resort in the world. The city's landscape and vibrant, diverse culture have inspired our Imagineers to create a variety of entertainment that is unique to Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.  Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is owned by a joint venture company, Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited, with shareholders, the Hong Kong Government and The Walt Disney Company. As of the end of fiscal 2015, the Hong Kong Government holds 53 per cent of shares in the company and The Walt Disney Company holds 47 per cent.  

Grand Canal Venice is the main water thoroughfare in this romantic city in northern Italy . As its name indicates, it is the largest and most important of all the canals  in a city filled with many canals and waterways. If you are planning a trip to Venice , you will certainly become familiar with the Grand Canal and the entire system of canals and toe bridges, as there are no cars allowed in Venice proper.  It is approximately 2.5 miles long and averages a depth of about 16 feet. Its width ranges from around 90 to 300 feet and it forms an S shape that winds through the  sestieri  (or the main districts of Venice). 

The Eiffel Tower, La Tour Eiffel in French, was the main exhibit of the Paris Exposition — or World's Fair — of 1889. It was constructed to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution and to demonstrate France's industrial prowess to the world.  "Although at the beginning it was seen as 'the ugliest building in Paris,' soon it became the symbol of the city," said Tea Gudek Snajdar, an Amsterdam-based art historian, museum docent and a blogger at Culture Tourist.