An evening view of Manhattan with the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River. The famous Pier 17 can be seen on the river front.

Bird's-eye view of Manhattan and harbor. Beautiful and inspiring, this wondrous city is one of the largest in the world. A city of comerce and skyscrapers, it attracts visitors from all over the world.

 

The Dongsha Marine National Park is Taiwan's seventh and latest national park. It is managed by the Ministry of the Interior. It was established on January 17, 2007. The Park is on the Dongsha Islands in the South China Sea and includes the atolls and surrounding sea areas. The total area is 3,537 km², with 1.74 km² of land. The main part of the Park is the Dongsha Island, a circular atoll 25 kilometres in diameter, with tropical monsoon climate. It is about 445 km from the nearest Taiwanese city, Kaohsiung.

The Ivan the Great Belltower is a church and historic monument in the Kremlin in Moscow which at a height of 81 metres, was the tallest building in all Russia for almost 400 years.

Built in  1821, Marblehead Lightouse is the oldest, continuously operational lightouse on the Great Lakes and has been featured on a US postage stamp. The lighthouse was the only navigational aid in the Sandusky Bay Light until 1870.

View of the Neva River and Peter and Paul Fortress from the roof of the Winter Palace.

Saint Petersburg, Russia.

People's square in Shanghai, China.

Shanghai  is the most populous city in China. The city is located in eastern China, at the middle portion of the Chinese coast, and sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The building shows yellow under lights is called 'Shanghai Museum'. The three high buildings in the card from left to the right is named 'The Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower', 'The Jin Mao Building' and 'The Shanghai World Financial Center'-the three famous landmarks of Shanghai.

 

Thanks for all interesting info Lily :)

Shirakami-Sanchi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Honshū, Japan. This mountainous, unspoiled expanse of virgin forest straddles both Akita and Aomori Prefectures. Of the entire 1,300 km², a tract covering 169.7 km² was included in the list of World Heritage Sites in 1993. Siebold's beech trees make up a large portion of the forest.

Thank you for both great postcards Yumi!

This card shows Tokyo Tower and new shopping  canter in Tokyo called Roppongi Hills.

Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.5 metres, it is the second tallest artificial structure in Japan.

Berlin is the capital city of Germany, and is one of the sixteen states of Germany. It has a population of 3.4 million people and is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union.