World wide travel is the dream and ambition of many people but if you are hoping to see a variety of sights and locations, you need to begin traveling early. Not everyone can begin early in life due to time and money restraints but if you limit your objective to perhaps seeing the seven most incredible places in the world, it will be easily doable. If you chose to make your goal visiting the famous Seven Wonders of the World, you will see the very best the world has to offer. While one of these wonders is located right here in the United States, you will need a passport to visit all the rest and getting a passport is as easy as going to your computer. There are many online sites that provide an online passport application so all you have to do is fill it out and submit it.

Only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World still exists on the Seven Wonders list and that is the Great Pyramids of Giza. What was originally called the Seven Wonders of the World is now named the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This new list has been compiled and presents the best new wonders.

The first new wonder is Victoria Falls in Africa. It is created by the Zambezi River and is in both Zambia and Zimbabwe. At twice as high as Niagara Falls and twice as wide as Horseshoe Falls, Victoria Falls is one of the largest waterfalls in the world. Seeing it in person is truly breathtaking, and its easy to see why its native name is The Smoke That Thunders.

The second wonder is found in the United States so an pasport is not required. The Grand Canyon is located in Arizona and is the chosen vacation destination of many both inside and outside the United States. A visit will show you the power of millions of years carving by the Colorado River.

The third wonder is located off the coast of Australia in the Coral Sea and is the Great Barrier Reef. Known to be the largest reef system in the world, it is 1,600 miles long and is made up of over 2,900 individual reefs. Amazingly, this wonder can even been seen from space.

Forth on our list of new wonders is located in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The Art Deco statue of Christ the Redeemer towers 130 feet height and 100 feet wide and looks down on the city of Rio. It is located at the top of Mount Corcovado which reaches a height of 2,300 feet. This statue of Christ is known to be the largest Art Deco statue in the world.

Mount Everest is the fifth wonder. If you are traveling with your family, you will want to gaze at it from the summit but avid mountain climbers make it a lifetime dream to scale the slopes of Mount Everest. It is known to be the highest place on the face of the earth with its peakreaching 29,002 feet into the heavens.

The sixth Wonder of the World is more of an occurrence than an actual place. It is the Aurora or what is sometimes called the Northern Lights. While it is seen best from far northern latitudes in Canada and other extremely northern countries, to see these lights dancing in the sky is a sight never to be forgotten.

The final wonder of the world is Paricitun, a volcano in Mexico. Surrounding this volcano is the lava-covered town of Michoac¡n, Mexico.

These sites comprise some of the most spectacular places and sights on Earth. With an American passport, obtainable with an easily downloaded online USA passport application, you can be on your way to these locations and can see for yourself just what makes these places Wonders.