This book is probably also the most inspiring. Marco Polo`s stories from his journeys in China and other countries have fascinated people around the world for centuries, including Christopher Colombus. Not even the most adventurous journey today can compared with Marco Polo`s unique adventures.

Three Norwegian women, Cecilie Skog. Silje Hanum Padøy and Linn Yttervik will attempt a Greenland crossing in April 2009. Previously the three girls have done several trips together, among others an expedition to Cho Oyu in 2007.

Mexican archeologists located in August 2008 the place where Mayans prepared for life after death. It`s on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and is called Xibalba. There the archeologists explore now a maze of stone temples in underground caves, some submerged in water and containing human bones, which ancient Mayans believed was a portal where dead souls entered the underworld.

The Garden of Eden is a location described in the Book of Genesis as being the place where the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve, lived after they were created by God. It`s a paradise where all creatures lived in harmony and life was eternity. Researchers believe now they have finally located this place: the land of Dilmun is the Garden of Eden, and is located on the island of Bahrain.

Stone constructions from an ancient Indian village was found for 2 years ago deep in the Amazon jungle on the Peruan site. The vast tribe is known as the Warriors of the Clouds, also called the Chachapoya, based on the name of the site.

Ruins of an ancient Indian village was found for 2 years ago well hidden in the Amazon jungle on the Peruan site. The vast tribe is known as the Warriors of the Clouds, also called the Chachapoya. These people is said to had pale skin and blonde hair. Where the Chachapoya people migrants or descenders from migrants from Europe?

Lost cities, baffling pyramids, and ancient graveyards are just some of the mysteries covered in National Geographic News's most viewed archaeology stories of 2008. One the stories is about a Maya underground labyrinth filled with stone temples and pyramids, found in August in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

Galdhøgpiggen, Galdhøpiggen, Galdhogpiggen, in Norway, is the magical walk, but not without challenges. Galdhøgpiggen is far below half of the height compared with Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, but you get a much stronger impression of the height on Galdhøgpiggen. Watch up and keep your balance in the dramatic Norwegian landscape on your way to the top.

The vibrant colours of the strange rock formations in Teide National Park in Tenerife, Spain, made me really excited. By driving and walking through the veritable lunar landscape with petrified lava formations, I could observe splendid art shaped from early time in history by mother nature. Spectacular surface rock outcrops rose up on my way and leaded me to the magnificient peak of Mount Teide, or in Spanish, El Teide.

Gjermund Nyseter from Norway is a genuine Norwegian mountain goat from the mountain village Oppdal. He just loves heights. During one weekend in august 2007 he reached the top of two of Norway`s highest mountains, Galdhøgpiggen – Galdhopiggen and Glittertind. I have a feeling that I have performed something, says Gjermund delighted, but the most important is enjoying the grandeur nature.

Liverpool is the city with the big heart. Its diverse, energetic and exciting. This city has really soul. Being in Liverpool makes me always happy. The people is exceptionally friendly, and the city itself is beautiful. So I was not suprised when the EU council declared the city of Liverpool as the European Capital of Culture in 2008.

Some people really glorify the Sherpas as pure, natural and mystical gods of the nature. Others view them as low-cast inhabitants of the third world. According to ExplorersWeb, the truth is of course that the Sherpas are just like the rest of us; some are good, some are bad, and most are somewhere in between.

Cuzco - Cusco, Navel of the World, was the Capital of Andean Culture. Cuzco is famous for its amazing ancient architectural wonders. They are connected with unsolved mysteries. Some interesting sites around Cuzco - Cusco are: Machu Picchu, Sacsayhuaman, Ollantaytambo, Chincheros, Kenko, Pisac, Aguas Calientes, Sacred Places, Sacred Valley, Paucartambo, Tambomachay, Yucay, Andahuaylillas, Pikillacta, Puca Pucara, Suchuna or Rodadero, Sabacurinca, Raqchi, Tipon, Circuits, and the Inca Trail. But by spending more time exploring the city and surroundings, I noticed there where more to experience.

A team of researchers led by Danish professor Eske Willerslev shows that the ancestors of the North American Indians who came from Asia were the first people in America, and that they were of neither European nor African descent. It also shows that immigration to North America took place approximately 1,000 years earlier than assumed. These findings change our understanding of the early immigration route to the American continent.