Golden Mountains of Altai is the name of an UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of the Altai and Katun Natural Reserves, Lake Teletskoye, Belukha Mountain, and the Ukok Plateau. As stated in the UNESCO description of the site, "the region represents the most complete sequence of altitudinal vegetation zones in central Siberia, from steppe, forest-steppe, mixed forest, subalpine vegetation to alpine vegetation".

Volcanoes of Kamchatka are a large group of volcanoes situated on Kamchatka peninsula. About thirty of them are active.

Thank you Rita for this card! :)

I'd love to visit Canada...

Nice multiview postcard of Turku - the oldest town in Finland.

Another postcard from Kiev, Ukraine.

I got this awesome postcard from Petra (Netherlands). It shows Millau Viaduct in France and it looks amazing!

Wilson Peak is a 4,272 m mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of the Uncompahgre National Forest, in the southern San Juan Mountains. It is the highest point in San Miguel County.

Temple of Venus in the Linderhof Palace Grounds.

The Resurrection Church (the Church on the Spilled Blood) as viewed from the side of the Field of Mars. It's is one of the main sights of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Official card from Finland.

I got this awesome postcard from Ela, from the Netherlands. It has been in her collection for almost 26 years. That's why I'm so grateful for that! :) Thank you!

 The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello. The University is one of the eight original Public Ivies.

Located west of the Brigham City, at Promontory Utah, the Golden Spike was driven on May 10, 1869 to celebrate the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.

Union Station opened on October 9, 1900 and for the next 75 years, it served as a thriving train terminal a bustling icon of Nashville culture and commerce. In recent years, it has been restored and converted to a beautiful luxury hotel.

Verla at Jaala, Kouvola, Finland, is a well preserved 19th century mill village and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. The first groundwood mill at Verla was founded in 1872 by Hugo Nauman but was destroyed by fire in 1876. A larger groundwood and board mill, founded in 1882 by Gottlieb Kreidl and Louis Haenel, continued to operate until 1964.

On the postcard we can see a Verla Mill Museum.

A Lynx - of the four Lynx genus species of medium-sized wildcats.

National Concert Hall in Taipei.

Bahla Fort is one of four historic fortresses situated at the foot of the Djebel Akhdar highlands in Oman. It was built in the 13th and 14th centuries.

The fort became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. It was included in the List of World Heritage Sites in danger from 1988. Restoration works began in the 1990s, and nearly $9m were spent by the Omani government from 1993 to 1999. It remained covered with scaffolding and closed to tourists for many years. It was removed from the list of endangered sites in 2004.

Another postcard of Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area, Switzerland. It's beautiful, isn't it?

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum  is a large museum in Pudong, Shanghai, close to Century Park, the largest park of the city.

As of July 2010 the museum will have attracted over 23,000,000 visitors making it one of China's most successful modern museums.

Metro Bridge and Smolenskaya Embankment in Moscow.

The Jungfrau is one of the main summits in the Bernese Alps, situated between the cantons of Valais and Bern in Switzerland. Together with the Eiger and Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall overlooking the Bernese Oberland and considered one of the most emblematic sights of the Swiss Alps. 

Along with the Aletsch Glacier lying on the south, the Jungfrau is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area which was declared a World Heritage site in 2001.

The Shoebill is a very large stork-like bird. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill.

The adult bird is 115–150 cm tall, 100–140 cm long, 230–260 cm across the wings and weighs 4 to 7 kg Adult is mainly grey while the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical east Africa in large swamps from Sudan to Zambia.

Traditional Wood Carving :) My first postcard from exotic Marshall Islands!

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is UNESCO World Heritage-listed in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located 1431 kilometres south of Darwin by road and 440 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs along the Stuart and Lasseter Highways. The park covers 2010 square kilometres and includes the features it is named after - Uluru / Ayers Rock and, 40 kilometres to its west, Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga and is serviced by flights from most Australian capital cities.

Official postcard from the Netherlands.

Kiev Pechersk Lavra or Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery in Kiev, Ukraine.  Together with the Saint-Sophia Cathedral, it is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was named one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine on August 21, 2007, based on voting by experts and the internet community.

The Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. It was the tallest building in Moscow until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600! The cathedral has been part of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA was born February 12, 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky. At the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace national Historic Site this marble and granite memorial building contains a one-room 19th-century log cabin similiar to the one which Lincoln was born.

Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is 154 km south of Seattle, Washington and 80 km northeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount St. 

Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the city of the federal state of Salzburg.

The Town Hall of Bremen is the seat of the President of the Senate and of the Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is one of the most important examples of Brick Gothic architecture in Europe. In July 2004, along with the Bremen Roland, the building was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The Bremen Roland is a statue of Roland, erected in 1404. It stands in the market square of Bremen, Germany, facing the cathedral, and shows Roland, paladin of the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and hero of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. Roland is shown as protector of the city: his legendary sword is unsheathed, and his shield is emblazoned with the two-headed Imperial eagle.