Read more seven wonders stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3128/seven-wonders.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 15:32:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68383/the-worlds-7-most-remote-destinations.htmlWesley Oliver<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=290548&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110710152133' border='0' />Forget the Seven Wonders of the World. WebUrbanist takes a look at seven places that make you wonder why people ever settled there: St. Kilda, Scotland: Although this archipelago is known for 16-foot waves and wind speeds up to 130mph, humans called it home for 2,000 years—until 1930,...View of the snow-covered barbed wire fence and guard tower at a disused Stalinist convict camp, Siberia, Russia, 1989.http://www.newser.com/story/68383/the-worlds-7-most-remote-destinations.htmlSun, 06 Sep 2009 12:46:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64948/kilimanjaro-grand-canyon-among-7-wonders-finalists.htmlHarry Kimball<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=228035&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331220739' border='0' />Twenty-eight finalists made the cut today for the “New 7 Wonders of Nature” poll, including the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the AP reports. Organizers expect 1 billion people to vote online or by phone before the winners are announced in 2011. Other wonders up for...Mount Kilimanjaro rises above the clouds.http://www.newser.com/story/64948/kilimanjaro-grand-canyon-among-7-wonders-finalists.htmlTue, 21 Jul 2009 15:25:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3973/7-new-wonders-wear-crown.htmlM. Morris<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=10875&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034225' border='0' />The largest online poll ever conducted wrapped up yesterday, and today the results became official. The seven wonders of the modern world, which were announced in Portugal, include an Asian engineering triumph and a South American religious monument, but not the Great Pyramid of Giza—the Egyptian government refused to...The ancient Colosseum is lit up for the occasion of the day for the abolition of the death penalty, in Rome, in this Nov. 30, 2005 file photo. The Colosseum was selected as one of the new seven wonders of the world in a global poll announced Saturday, July 7, 2007. People throughout the world voted by Internet or phone message for the world's top architectural marvels, said New7Wonders, the nonprofit group conducting the balloting. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)http://www.newser.com/story/3973/7-new-wonders-wear-crown.htmlSat, 07 Jul 2007 18:26:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3184/seven-wonders-of-canada.htmlNewsDude<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=7940&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034624' border='0' />Yes, Pamela Anderson (she's Canadian) was nominated (it was an open process) but, no - alas, she did not win. The winners were: Sleeping Giant, Thunder Bay Niagara Falls Rocky MountainsPamela Andersonhttp://www.newser.com/story/3184/seven-wonders-of-canada.htmlSun, 17 Jun 2007 15:31:42 CDT