Monday, 6 of September of 2010

Category » Greenhouse/Conservatory

California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, California, USA)

The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest museums of natural history in the World. Remodeled in 2008, it is also one of the newest in the United States.  It is located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, USA. (Wikipedia Article)

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Credit: Tim Griffith Source:  archdaily.com

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Tropical Islands Dome (Brandenburg, Germany)

Just 60 km south of Berlin, the German capital city, Tropical Islands Dome is a converted airship hangar that is now home to the Worlds largest indoor rainforest, a complete Tropical village with authentic houses, shops and restaurants, white sand beaches, a Balinese lagoon and Tropical sea for bathing – plus Germany’s highest water slide.  (Link to official site:  www.tropical-islands.de)

More information can be found on Wikipedia.

If you’d like to book a vacation here, why not try Sun Kiss Travel (their images used in this post, but no compensation received.)

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Invernadero de Atocha (Madrid, Spain)

Invernadero de Atocha (literally “Atocha’s Greenhouse“) is a tropical botanical garden in Atocha railway station (Madrid, Spain)

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3264 x 2448 jpeg   4.08 MB   Credit: Daderot Source: wikimedia.org

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Kyoto Conservatory (Kyoto, Japan)

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