The Europe handicapped travel agents at Sage Traveling have vetted accessible routes and tour guides to ensure that you and your family experience comfortable and memorable accessible tours during your vacation. Traveling is the preferred spelling in American English. The Will o’ the wisp is a creature of English folklore. Half bird and half woman, the creature called the Harpy came swooping out of Greek mythology. A terrifying beast of Greek legend, the Chimera had the body and head of a lion, a goat’s head on its back, and a serpent for a tail! Daughter of the titanic beast known as Typhon, Hydra is a many-headed serpent beast from Greek legend. Creatures of Greek legend, Sirens were supposed to combine the features of a beautiful woman with the wings and torso of a bird. It could transform into a mighty horse or a beautiful woman and was probably a story to warn children away from dangerous waters.

What is the story behind The Birthplace of Jesus? They feed on the blood of hypnotized victims and are possessed with horrifying supernatural powers, like the ability to turn into a bat or a wolf, or even a cloud of mist. Hopefully, you’ll be able to share your knowledge with us without sweating like you’re standing in Death Valley or looking over the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Around six million years ago, the Grand Canyon was carved by the Colorado River. Here’s how it works: Engineers place a number of “modules” across a river. It was typically used on heavier swords to provide a place to grip with the second hand if needed. Take this quiz to see how much you know about alternative back pain treatments. Growing up to 40 feet tall, it can take 100 years for one of the giant’s arms to develop. The tallest peak is called Mount Elbert, and it towers 14,439 feet above the rest of the range. The mountain range that runs through the Southwest is the highest in North America. Running from Alberta, Canada down to New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains are the longest and the highest mountains on the continent. Although you’ll find a few forests and mountains in the Southwest, the mostly desert region is known for its arid climate.

The city and surrounding mountains served as the Norfolk and Western Railway hub, offering industrial jobs-and the opportunity to feed hungry workers. Without a proper methodology, reason alone can lead you down a lot of blind alleys, so it comes as little surprise that the father of Western medicine also sired his share of quack ideas. Though they could occasionally find common cause to work together, the Gods warred with the Giants down through the ages. Frost giants of shocking strength, the Jötunn were the sworn enemies of the Norse Gods. The world serpent of Norse myth, Jörmungandr was capable of surrounding the entire earth and grabbing its own tail! Tourists have to pay a fee if they want to visit this “Floating City.” Do you know its name? If you want to visit, it will cost you $5 per person. At the height of the empire, the leader of Egypt could arguably be said to be the most powerful person on the planet. There is evidence that steam was in use in Ancient Egypt.

While no one can prove the existence of the afterlife, there are plenty of scientists (and pseudoscientists!) ready to weigh in on such a juicy topic. The main thing inside is a blower – a fan at one end of the box that brings air in from the outside and pushes it into the house at the other end. All of the above gentlemen said that air power could win a war. A European legend of a lizard with a crowned chicken head, the Basilisk was said to instantly slay all those who met its gaze. Vampires exist in many cultures’ legends, but the most famous are arguably those of eastern European legend. A joke run wild, Drop Bears are a mythical form of Koala Bear that drops down on hapless tourists and tears them to shreds with its mighty claws. There are no Drop Bears, but year after year, new crops of tourists are taught to live in fear of them! Be warned, there are no running water or restroom facilities on the site! Including the Chihuahuan, Mojave, Sonoran and Great Basin Deserts, there are a total of four in the United States.