These gorgeous little towns are fairly obscure but amazingly picturesque.
Shirakawa-go Village, Japan
A 116-meter-high (380 feet), 32-story, 50,000-ton university tower built in 1972 was razed to the ground in a matter of seconds yesterday in Frankfurt, Germany.
It's the tallest-ever building in Europe to be demolished by a blast. They used 950 kilograms of explosives that they inserted into 1,500 strategically placed drilled holes.
Norwegian pilot Petter Solberg crashed hard at the 2012 WRC Rallye de France Alsace race.
After seeing this selection of gorgeous lake houses I know for sure that if I ever move to a new house it will also face some tranquil lake waters.
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