47. The Art Gallery of South Australia ( Australia )

The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), located on the cultural boulevard of North Terrace in Adelaide, is the premier visual arts museum in the Australian state of South Australia. It has, after the National Gallery of Victoria, the largest state art collection in Australia.

With a large collection of more than 35,000 works of art and more than 510,000 visitors annually, the AGSA is renowned for its leading collections of Australian art (notablyIndigenous Australian and colonial art), British art (including a large collection by Morris & Co.) and Japanese art.

Located adjacent to State Library of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the University of Adelaide, AGSA is part of Adelaide's North Terrace cultural precinct.

The Gallery was established in 1881, and has existed at its current location since 1900. Subsequent renovations and a significant extension of the building which opened in 1996 added contemporary display space without compromising the interior of the original Victorian building.

It was known as the National Gallery of South Australia until 1967 when the current name was adopted.

46. Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens ( Alabama , USA )

The home is a perfectly-preserved emblem of Southern heritage. Staff are well-versed in how the home, which is older than the city itself, has been involved in many pivotal points of Birmingham's development. It's an interesting and inexpensive way to learn of the city's heritage, the civil rights struggle, and more. Be advised the home, on Birmingham's West End, is in a somewhat blighted neighborhood. However, visiting during daylight hours carries very little risk. And the home is accessible through main artery roads off of Interstate 65 at the Green Springs Avenue exit. Homeowners on the street adjacent to Arlington have well-manicured properties, symbolic of efforts by West End leaders to strengthen this historic part of town.

45. Arles Amphitheatre ( France )

The Arles Amphitheatre (French: Arènes d'Arles) is a Roman amphitheatre in the S of France town of Arles. This 2-tiered Roman Amphitheatre is one of the most prominent tourist attractions in the S of France, which thrived in Roman times.

Measuring 136 m (446 ft) in length and 109 m (358 ft) wide, the 120 arches date back to the first century BC. The amphitheatre was capable of seating over 20,000 spectators, and was built to provide entertainment in the form of chariot races and bloody hand-to-hand battles. Nowadays, it draws large crowds for bullfighting along with plays and concerts in the summer.

44. Arenal Volcano National Park ( Costa Rica )

Arenal Volcano National Park is a Costa Rican national park in the central part of the country, forming the Arenal Tilaran Conservation Area. The park encompasses the Arenal Volcano, the most active in the country, which had previously been believed to be dormant until a major eruption in 1968. It neighbours Lake Arenal, which is the site of the country's largest hydroelectricity project, the Lake Arenal Dam.

The park also contains a second volcano, Chato, whose crater contains a lagoon. It is also called Cerro Chato (literally Mount Chato) as it has been inactive for around 3500 years–coinciding with the creation and growth of Arenal itself. The site has accommodation in the form of the Arenal Observatory Lodge and also the Museum of Vulcanicity, as well as a ranger station.

The park lies within the 2,040 square kilometres (790 sq mi) Arenal Tilaran Conservation Area, protecting eight of Costa Rica's 12 life zones and 16 protected reserves in the region between the Guanacaste and Tilarán mountain ranges, and including Lake Arenal. The park is most directly accessed from La Fortuna, but is also easily accessed via Tilarán and the north shore of Lake Arenal.

43. Archaeological Museum of Chania ( Greece )

The Archaeological Museum of Chania is a museum located in the former Venetian Monastery of Saint Francis at 25 Chalidon Street, Chania, Crete, Greece. It was established in 1962.The museum contains a substantial collection of Minoan and Roman artifacts excavated from around the city of Chania and the surrounding prefecture, including pieces from the ancient cities of Kydonia, Idramia, Aptera, Polyrinia, Kissamos, Elyros,Irtakina, Syia and Lissos, and also from Axos and Lappas in Rethymno Prefecture. The museum contains a wide range of coins, jewellery, vases, sculpture, clay tablets with inscriptions, stelae and mosaics. The collection includes a clay sealing from Kasteli, with a representation of a Minoan city and its patron deity dated to the second half of the 15th century BC. There is a clay pyxis with a representation of a kithara player excavated from a chamber tomb in the area of Koiliaris in Kalyves-Aptera dated to 1300–1200 BC. There is also a clay tablet inscribed with Linear A script from Kasteli, dated to 1450 BC and small clay tablets with texts in Linear B script dated to 1300.

The museum has a Roman floor mosaic, depicting Dionysos and Ariadne. The Archaeological Museum of Chania also has an ancient Cycladic style vessel from Episkopi, Kissamos and a number of busts including one of Roman emperor Hadrian, found at the Dictynaion sanctuary in 1913 and a late Minoan sarcophagus from the necropolis of Armeni, dated to 1400–1200 BC. There is also a spherical flask, noted for its unusual ceramic type, dated to the Late Minoan III period. 

42. Archaelogical Museum of Alicante ( Spain )

The Archaeological Museum of Alicante is an archaeological museum in Alicante, Spain. The museum won the European Museum of the Year Award in 2004, a few years after significant expansion and reallocation to renovated buildings of the antique hospital of San Juan de Dios. The museum houses eight galleries that use multimedia to allow visitors to interact with the lives of past residents of the region.

41. Arc de Triomphe ( France )

The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally named Place de l'Étoile), at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. There is a smaller arch, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which stands west of the Louvre. The Arc de Triomphe (in English: "Triumphal Arch") honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.

The Arc de Triomphe is the linchpin of the historic axis (Axe historique) – a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route which goes from the courtyard of the Louvre, to the Grande Arche de la Défense. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant patriotic messages.

The monument stands 50 metres (164 ft) in height, 45 m (148 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. The large vault is 29.19 m (95.8 ft) high and 14.62 m (48.0 ft) wide. The small vault is 18.68 m (61.3 ft) high and 8.44 m (27.7 ft) wide. It was the largest triumphal arch in existence until the construction of the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, in 1982. Its design was inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus. The Arc de Triompheis so colossal that three weeks after the Paris victory parade in 1919, (marking the end of hostilities in World War I), Charles Godefroy flew his Nieuport biplane through it, with the event captured on newsreel.

40. Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment ( Australia )

The Araluen Centre for Arts & Entertainment in Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, Australia, is a cultural centre incorporating museums and a theatre.

There are four art galleries. The arts museum has a large collection of paintings from a large range of artists, including Albert Namatjira. There is a crafts centre, complete with ceramics, stained glass, painting and fabric-working workshops on site. Travelling art displays are a frequent attraction and celebrations, such as the annualBeanie Festival, are also held there.

International and independent movies are shown in the theater, which seats about five hundred. The theatre also hosts live performances of drama, dance and music.

The front window to the arts portion of the centre is a massive, locally-made, stained glass work of art.

The natural history portion of the center, located on site in another building with the Strehlow Research Centre for Aboriginal Culture, displays many locally found minerals, describes geologic formations of the area. Nearby is the Aviation Museum, with planes and radio equipment, which is also home to the local ham radio group.

39. Aqueduct of Segovia ( Spain )

The Aqueduct of Segovia (or more precisely, the aqueduct bridge) is a Roman aqueduct and one of the most significant and best-preserved ancient monuments left on the Iberian Peninsula. It is the foremost symbol of Segovia, as evidenced by its presence on the city's coat of arms.

As the aqueduct lacks a legible inscription (one was apparently located in the structure's attic, or top portion), the date of construction cannot be definitively determined. Researchers have placed it between the second half of the 1st Century CE and the early years of the 2nd Century—during the reign of either Emperor Vespasian or Nerva. The beginnings of Segovia itself are likewise not definitively known. Vacceos are known to have populated the area before the Romans conquered the city. Roman troops sent to control the area, which fell within the jurisdiction of the Roman provincial court (Latin conventus iuridici, Spanish convento jurídico) located in Clunia, stayed behind to settle there.

38. Aquatopia ( Belgium )

Aquatopia is a popular educational attraction in central Antwerp, Belgium. Aquatopia features a set of aquariums, along with recreations of other marine habitats, including swamps, rain forests, river deltas, and coral reefs. Aquatopia also includes a number of special exhibits covering sharks, nautilus, and mysteries of the deep. The multi-story attraction is located on Koningin Astridplein, adjacent to Antwerpen-Centraal railway station, and one block from the city's primary bus terminals at Franklin Rooseveltplatz.

37. Aqualandia & Mundomar ( Spain )

Aqualandia & Mundomar are theme parks that are twinned together and located next to each other although separate entrance fees for each are required. The parks are located in Benidorm in the Costa Blanca, Spain.

Mundomar is usually open from February to December.

Aqualandia - contains many water attractions, including water slides, swimming pools, river rapids and sunbathing areas. Water is sourced directly from the sea 

Mundomar - is a marine animal park featuring Dolphins, Sea Lions, Penguins,Meerkats and many more marine and land animals.

There are Dolphin, Sea Lion, and Parrot displays several times a day at the park, where visitors can watch trained handlers interacting with the animals, who also put on spectacular shows.

36. Aqua Fantasy Resort ( Turkiye )

Aqua Fantasy Resort is a water park and luxury hotel complex located 7 km from Kusadasi. Situated on the Ephesus Beach area of Pamucak, the resort is ideal for couples and families looking for a waterpark atmosphere with luxury relaxation options and spa facilities.

Located in Ephesus Beach, this all-inclusive resort is only a few miles from Kusadasi. Spanning over 45 acres of land, it includes two hotels and a colorful water park. It has slides, lazy rivers, rafting and multiple pools for water fun. Rooms at Aqua Fantasy feature terraces with picturesque views of the Aegean Sea. 

Two restaurants serve gracious buffets for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Five additional restaurants are on the property as well, which serve steaks, seafood and traditional Turkish fare. Ten bars are located at Aqua Fantasy Resort, which range from poolside to modern decor, and nightlife at the resort includes limbo and disco dancing. Izmir is a city perfect for strolls and a stop at Konak Pier. Historical sites in this city include the Fortress at Kadifelkale, which dates back to 300 B.C. Standard room rates as of 2010 are seasonal and start at $45 per night, rising to $135 per night during the summer months.

35. Aoraki / Mount Cook ( New Zealand )

Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching a height of 3,754 metres (12,316 ft). It lies in the S Alps (the mountain range which runs the length of the South Island) and is a popular tourist destination. It is particularly a favourite amongst mountain climbers. 

Aoraki/Mount Cook consists of three summits lying slightly south and east of the main divide, the Low Peak, Middle Peak and High Peak, with the Tasman Glacier to the east and the Hooker Glacier to the west.

The settlement of Mount Cook Village (also known as The Hermitage) is a tourist centre and base camp for the mountain. It is 7 km from the end of the Tasman Glacier and 12 km south of Aoraki/Mount Cook's summit.

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.

27. Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum ( Mexico )

The Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum is a museum dedicated to the worldwide history, science, and art of all types of ballooning and lighter-than-air flight. It is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and is situated just outside the grounds used for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the world's largest yearly balloon fiesta, and is named for Ben Abruzzo and Maxie Anderson, two Albuquerque natives who established several ballooning firsts, such as crossing oceans and continents.

Opened on October 1, 2005, it is owned by the city of Albuquerque and is a collaborative project of the Anderson-Abruzzo International Balloon Museum Foundation and the City of Albuquerque's Cultural Services Division. It is a 59,000-square-foot (5,500 m2) facility with class rooms, conference rooms, and many exhibits on the history of ballooning, including items from famous balloonists such as Ed Yost, Joseph Kittinger, and Ben Abruzzo.

26. Ancol Dream Park ( Indonesia )

Taman Impian Jaya Ancol otherwise known as Ancol Dreamland is an integral part of Ancol Bay City, a resort destination located along Jakarta's waterfront, in Ancol Kelurahan, Pademangan, Indonesia. 

Ancol Dreamland opened in 1966 and is currently the largest integrated tourism area in South East Asia, boasting an international championship golf course, a theme park, hotels and other recreational facilities. There are 27 rides at Fantasy World, 8 pools at Atlantis Water Adventure and 8 shows at Ocean Dream Samudra. 

Ancol Dream Park (Taman Impian Jaya Ancol), entrance ticket fee to the complex Rp.15,000 ($1.8) per person excluding parking fee. Consists of Dunia Fantasi (Fantasy world) with ticket fee Rp.150,000 ($17.6) per person in week days and Rp.180,000 ($21.2) per person in week end-Sunday-and-Holiday, Atlantis Water Adventure (Waterboom) ticket fee Rp.100,000 ($11.8) per person, Seaworld (for the largest aquarium in South East Asia), Gelanggang Samudra (Ocean Park) animals show ticket fee Rp.90,000 ($10.6) per person, Fantastic Multimedia (Laser) Show ticket fee Rp.50,000 ($5.9) per person, resorts, hotel, beach, marina, and great restaurants. It's one of the biggest park in Asia.