1. Alta Igloo

   
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   This is located in the Lapland region of Norway. This hotel features 30 rooms including two suites, two bars and lounge area. It is decorated with ice sculptures and ice furnishings. This hotel also contains an ice chapel and ice gallery. The theme of this hotel changes every year. You can stay here for around $300 per person based on double occupancy. This includes one-night's stay, round trip transfers to the city of Alta, a two-course dinner, breakfast and a morning sauna. This hotel also offers day trips, snowmobile safaris, astronomy tours and wildlife viewing.
   
   
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2. Jukkasjarvi

   
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   This is the first ice hotel of the world which was built in Jukkasjarvi village near North Lapland in Sweden. It has 85 rooms and suites, a bar, reception area and church. Each room is unique and the architecture of the hotel changes every year. The hotel charges around $150 to $220 depending on season and days.

3. Ice Hotel Chapel

   
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   This hotel is near Quebec, Canada. The hotel features 85 beds, 13 suites, a movie theatre, two art galleries, a night club, the Ice Lounge, and a romantic Ice Chapel. An overnight package includes one-night's accommodations in the queen room, a welcome cocktail, a gift certificate per person worth $10, access to the Nordic-style relaxation space with hot tubs and sauna, a hot beverage in the morning, a full buffet breakfast and complete equipment for the night including sleeping bag, blanket and a pillow for around $550 to $670 depending on the day of the week.
   
   
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4. Igloo Dorf

   
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   Igloo Dorf is another variation on the ice hotel theme with small igloo villages built each winter in five different locations in the Swiss and German Alps: Zermatt, Engelberg, Gstaad, Scuol and Zugspitze. The Zermatt village features four beds, four romantic suites, one whirlpool and an igloo bar. At Zugspitze, there are 50 igloo beds, four romantic igloos, two whirlpools and an igloo bar. Each igloo village offers saunas and an igloo bar serving meals. Rates vary from $120 to $175 depending on the season and days.

5. Aurora Ice Museum

   
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   This restaurant cum museum is in Alaska. Here everything including bar glasses and chandeliers are designed as fine art work. The cost of the package is $449 per person based on double occupancy which includes accommodation for two nights, Chena sled dog kennel tour and ride, geothermal renewable energy tour and ground transportation to Fairbanks and the resort. Though it has only four rooms, each room has quite a unique style.
   
   
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No doubt, these hotels all give a memorable experience for the visitors. Hence they became popular places for birthdays and wedding day parties. These are especially wonderful honeymoon spots for newly wedded couples.

In recent years, foods with black or dark colors have been recognized as a health food with medicinal effects. Japanese scientists discovered that black-colored food is rich, not only in antioxidants that prevent cancer, heart diseases and menopause, but are also loaded with isoflavins, minerals and anthocyanins. Scientists from the University of Georgia have proven that these foods are indeed very beneficial for the kidneys. Let us examine some black-colored foods and learn about their unique their benefits.

Black Rice

Emperors of China began eating black rice nearly 3000 years ago, although this was a food that was at that time forbidden from the ordinary people. Vitamin B, Niacin, Vitamin E, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron and Zinc are found in much higher levels in this rice compared with white rice. Moreover, this is a specially enriched in anthocyanins and a highly nutritional food, although it is not readily available. Some types of black rice turn into purple color when cooked.

Silkie Chicken

Surprisingly, the feathers of the Silkie chicken are white in color even though its skin color, meat and bones are black. The meat of this chicken is very tasty and rich in iron and it is useful when used in the preparation of foods for the improvement of the blood.

Mushrooms

Black mushrooms like Shiitake and Black Trumpet have a high nutritional value. It is known that Shiitake mushrooms have anti-tumor and anti-viral properties and can treat arthritis as well as severe allergies.

Blackberry

The antioxidants are very rich in these in blackberries when compared to other fruits. The polyphenol antioxidants in these fruits can help regulate the metabolic processes.

Black Soy

Black soy beans are very rich in proteins, fiber and anthocyanins. In some cultures, a tea is made with these soy beans that strengthens the bones. Studies show that black soy beans reduce the LDL cholesterol.

Vinegar

Black vinegar is a combination of rice, wheat and sorghum. Japanese use a brown colored rice for the preparation of this vinegar. The acetic acid in this vinegar reduces hypertension, LDL cholesterol and improves blood circulation.

Black Tea

Black tea is a tea made with oxidized leaves. The leaves are fermented and dried due to which they turn black. This tea has shown to be beneficial in the prevention of cancer.

Black Sesame Seeds

The Chinese traditionally begin their day by consuming this drink made from ground black sesame seeds mixed with hot water. This drink is rich in calcium, iron, magnesium, proteins and fatty acids.