34. Antwerp Zoo ( Belgium )

The Antwerp Zoo is a zoo situated in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located right next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.

Together with its sister park Planckendael, Antwerp Zoo houses over 6,000 animals of about 950 species. They get nearly 1.5 million visitors each year and have over a 100,000 supporting members.

The most notable exhibits and species in the park include:

• Vriesland: King Penguin, Rockhoppers and Gentoo Penguins
• Sea Lion Theatre with Californian Sealions
• Recently renovated reptile house with may species of snakes, lizards, turtles &frogs as well as caimans
• Recently renovated aquarium with many species of salt- en freshwater fish
• Nocturama with aardvark, tamandua, two-toed sloth, night monkey, armadillo,plains viscacha, Gambian pouched rat, senegal galago, slender loris, Lesser Mouse-deer, rakali and Egyptian fruit bat
• Zebras and African buffalos
• Egyptian temple with Asian elephants, Baringo giraffes and Arabian oryxes
• Aviaries and bird house with many birds species including Congo Peafowl, kiwi, Australian Magpie, Military Macaw, touracos, toucans and pheasants
• Hippotopia with hippopotamus, malayan tapir, dalmatian pelican and different species of waterfowl
• Bearcanyon with spectacled bears and coatis
• Cat enclosures with Amur leopard, lion, Siberian tiger and jaguar
• Other enclosures featuring harbour seal, bongo, warthog, meerkat, lesser panda, red-necked wallaby, North American porcupine, American Flamingo,Humboldt penguin, nutria, ring-tailed lemur, sika deer
• Vlaamse tuin: babiroussa, blue duiker, tigrine genet, African Brush-tailed Porcupine
• Okapis
• Monkey house with guereza, hulman, owl-faced monkey, javan lutung, emperor tamarin, black-headed spider monkey, golden-headed lion tamarin, pygmy marmoset, mandrill, hamadryas baboon
• Ape house with Western lowland gorilla, world's only Eastern Lowland gorillasin captivity and chimpanzees
• Birds of prey including snowy owl, Spectacled Owl, crested caracara andandean condor

33. Anne Frank House ( Netherland )

Anne Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.

The Anne Frank House is a museum dedicated to the Jewish wartime diarist, who hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the building. 

As well as the preservation of the hiding place — known in Dutch as the Achterhuis(Secret Annex)— and an exhibition on the life and times of Anne Frank, the museum acts as an exhibition space to highlight all forms of persecution and discrimination.

The Achterhuis (Dutch for "back house") or Secret Annex — as it was called in 'The Diary of a Young Girl', an English translation of the diary — is the rear extension of the building. It was concealed from view by houses on all four sides of a quadrangle. Its secluded position made it an ideal hiding place for Otto Frank, his wife Edith, two daughters (of whom Anne was the younger), and four other Jewish people seeking refuge from Nazi persecution. They remained hidden here for two years and one month until they were anonymously betrayed to the Nazi authorities, arrested, and deported to their deaths in concentration camps. Of the hidden group, only Otto Frank survived the war.anne

32. Animal Kingdom ( Florida, USA )

Disney World's 4th and newest theme park opened in April 1998, joining the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney-MGM Studios (now called Hollywood Studios). 

Whilst the animals are the main attraction at the Animal Kingdom, they are in competition with some of the parks modern rides, such as Expedition Everest. Towering 200 feet over the surrounding terrain, this mini-mountain is visible from some distance away and even threatens to overtake the Tree of Life as the park's most visible icon. The Tree, perhaps by contrast, is most impressive up close, where its size and detail can truly be appreciated. The other major rides and attractions include It's Tough to be a Bug, a 3-D movie based on the Pixar film A Bug's Life; Kilimanjaro Safaris, a jeep ride through the recreated African savanna; Kali River Rapids, a soaking raft ride; and Dinosaur, a time travel ride into the late Cretaceous. For the youngest visitors, Camp Minnie-Mickey is a special space where they can meet their favorite characters. 

Not far from Animal Kingdom is Blizzard Beach, a large water park themed as a melting ski resort.

31. Anglo-Boer War Museum ( South Africa )

The Anglo Boer War Museum and Battlefields, located in Bloemfontein represent one of the most significant events in the history of South Africa (the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902). Although the protagonists were Great Britain and the two Boer Republics, the whole of the South Africa population became embroiled in the war either directly or indirectly.

The War Museum not only gives the visitor insight into the Boer War through it`s unique art collection, dioramas and exhibits it also gives the visitor a closer understanding of the background against which the war took place. The course and development of the war unfolds in front of the visitor as they progress through the museum. Visitors are also afforded a glimpse into the life in the concentration and also prisoner-of-war-camps

30. Angkor Temples ( Cambodia )

The Angkor Temples and ruins are located amid forests near modern-day Siem Reap, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat, said to be the world's largest single religious monument. Many of the temples at Angkor have been restored, and together, they comprise the most significant site of Khmer architecture. Visitor numbers approach two million annually.

The temples can broadly be categorized into four groups: 

• Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, the grandest temple of all and the ancient capital next to it
• Little Circuit (Le Petit Circuit), taking in major sites to the east of Angkor Thom
• Big Circuit (Le Grand Circuit), taking in major sites north and further out east
• Roluos group, 15 km east from Siem Reap along National Highway 6
• Outlying temples, located over 20 km from Angkor Wat

Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries. The word Angkor is derived from the Sanskrit nagara (नगर), meaning "city". The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a "universal monarch" and "god-king", until 1351, when Angkor first fell under Ayutthayan suzainry, to 1431, when Ayutthaya put down a rebellion and sacked the Khmer capital, causing its population to migrate south to Longvek.

The ruins of Angkor are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake (Tonlé Sap) and south of the Kulen Hills, near modern-day Siem Reap (13°24′N, 103°51′E), in Siem Reap Province, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the magnificentAngkor Wat, said to be the world's largest single religious monument. Many of the temples at Angkor have been restored, and together, they comprise the most significant site of Khmer architecture. Visitor numbers approach two million annually.

In 2007, an international team of researchers using satellite photographs and other modern techniques concluded that Angkor had been the largest preindustrial city in the world, with an elaborate system of infrastructure connecting an urban sprawl of at least 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi) to the well-known temples at its core. The closest rival to Angkor, the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, was between 100 and 150 square kilometres (39 and 58 sq mi) in total size.^[Although its population remains a topic of research and debate, newly identified agricultural systems in the Angkor area may have supported up to one million people.

29. Angel of the North ( England )

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture located in Gateshead, near the city of Newcastle, England. As the name suggests, it is a steel sculpture of a graceful angel, standing 20m tall, with wings measuring 54m across. The wings themselves are angled 3.5 degrees forward, which the designer Gormley, has said aims to create "a sense of embrace". It stands on a hill, on the S edge of Low Fell overlooking the A1 road and the A167 road into Tyneside and the E Coast Main Line rail route, and just S of the site of Team Colliery.

Since spreading its wings in February 1998 Antony Gormley's The Angel of the North has become one of the most talked about pieces of public art ever produced.

Rising 20 meters from the earth near the A1 in Gateshead, the Angel dominates the skyline, dwarfing all those who come to see it.  Made from 200 tonnes of steel, it has a wingspan of 54 metres.  Getting up close and personal with the Angel is an experience you'll never forget!

The Angel of the North is a major visitor attraction.  It is seen by over 150,000 visitors a year and more than 90,000 drivers on the A1 - and you could be one of them!

Did you know... the Angel is as tall as 4 double decker buses and its wingspan is as big as that of a jumbo jet?

28. Angel Falls ( Venezuela )

Angel Falls is located in southeastern Venezuela in the Guayana highlands forming part of the Canaima National Park. It is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world and is also the world's highest waterfall. The total drop of 3,212 feet is more than fifteen times longer than the descent of Niagara Falls. It does not flow over the top of a cliff, but instead the water gathers underground and erupts from several crevices located three hundred feet below the top of the mountain. The Native Americans call the falls 'Devil's Mountain' because the area is regularly a victim of fierce thunderstorms and strange cloud formations, which, much of the time, hide the falls from view. 

The falls are named after Jimmy Angel, a barnstorming bush pilot from Missouri who has become a modern legend. Jimmy Angel first saw the falls in 1933 while searching for a valuable ore bed. He returned in 1937 with his wife, Gustavo Heny and Heny's gardener, and landed on top of the tepui. His Falamingo monoplane settled down into the marshy ground atop Auyan-tepui and remained there for 33 years before being lifted out by a helicopter. Jimmy Angel and his three companions managed to descend the tepui and make their way back to civilization in 11 days. 

Jimmy Angel's plane sits in the Aviation Museum in Maracay; the one you may be able to glimpse on top of the tepui is a replica.

There are two ways to see the Angel Falls. One of them is from the air in a small airplane. The other is through an excursion that starts with a 3 and a half hour navigation upstream the Carrao River, and then the Churun river. From there, a one hour walk through the jungle takes you to the base of the falls. 

Daily flights to the falls can be made via Puerto Ordaz connect Canaima airstrip with the major cities of Venezuela. The airstrip is a short jeep-train ride from nearby Lodges. 

A minimum of two days-one night is necessary to have the opportunity to fly-by the falls - weather permitting, of course. It is better to stay two nights and have more time to visit the surrounding area including Sapo Falls (half day, Yuri Falls (half day) and Orquidea Island (full day), and double your chances to be able to see the falls. 

Much of the information you might still encounter on the Falls says that commercial flights will fly-by on landing and take off, but this is a myth. Perhaps on a clear day you might glimpse the falls, but you can not count on seeing them on landing and take off.