FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON. The Giant Canyon swing will throw you 1,300 feet above the Colorado River at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, America. Owner of Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, Steve Beckley, 41, admits that despite being the brains behind the operation he has only ever tried out the ride for himself on one occasion.
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .