Top of the World

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world! It stands 29,028 ft high, and lies in the Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal. The Mountain was named after Sir George Everest. Everest was a land surveyor and geographer and measured India, the largest land measurement of the time.

Click on the link below for a cool panoramic view from the summit of Mt Everest.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080830.html

Neuschwanstein

On this day in 1886 King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the builder of the fairy tale castle Neuschwanstein, was found dead in waist deep water. The mysterious death of the "mad king" has never been solved. His beautiful castle, that took 17 years to construct but was his residence for only 172 days, is visited by 1.6 million tourists a year, and was nearly selected as one of the new 7 wonders of the world.