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December 2015
[edit]- A popular alcoholic drink in Barranquilla is Aguardiente, an anise-flavoured liqueur derived from sugar cane which literally means "burning water", and it honors its name.
- The Botanical Garden "Kolchuri" in Kutaisi features a chapel built inside a tree.
- In the Da Fo Si hall (pictured) in Zhangye you can see the largest wooden reclining Buddha in China.
- Undredal near Flåm is reportedly “inhabitated by 100 people and 500 goats”.
- Marikina City is known as the shoe capital of the Philippines.
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- Rigged shell games on the street (pictured) is one of many Common scams travelers need to be aware of.
- In Zagreb you can see the Grounded Sun and visit the Museum of Broken Relationships.
- Chandigarh is India's first planned city, quite distinct from the rest of the country and considerably better organized.
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- The now abandoned Sewell mine (pictured) near Rancagua is the largest underground copper mine in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Mytilene is one of the oldest cities in the world, probably inhabited since the 10th century BC.
- Legend has it that Siquijor rose from the sea during a tremendous thunder storm and one can still see fossils and shells on Mount Bandila-an, Siquijor's highest point.
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- The Knap of Howar (pictured) on Papa Westray is the oldest standing domestic structure in northern Europe, dating from about 3500BC.
- Although not well known internationally, Poland traditionally sports some of the best pilsner-type lagers worldwide.
- Rochester, Minnesota hosts millions out-of-town visitors coming for treatment at the Mayo Medical Center (Mayo Clinic).
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- High speed rail in China (Shanghai station pictured) is the longest and most patronized high speed network in the world.
- Kuching means cat in Malay, so you may not be surprised to find cat museum in this city.
- Real vanilla is a steal in the markets of Grenada, sometimes it can be found for as little as $1US for a 1/2 litre bottle.
- Ruta de transito (Ometepe pictured) was the preferred alternative for getting from New York to San Francisco prior to the transcontinental railroad.
- Friends of bourbon may want to tour bourbon distilleries of Kentucky.
- The community of Boring is twinned with Dull and its official slogan is "The most exciting place to live."
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- The Earth and Man Museum (pictured) in Sofia has the biggest collection of gigantic minerals in the world.
- In Cu Chi you can explore the huge tunnel network used as a refuge during the Vietnam War.
- Monrovia is one of the wettest capitals in the world with over 5100mm of annual rainfall.
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- The world's largest Lenin head (pictured) is located at the main city square of Ulan Ude.
- Unlike other U.S. territories, traffic on the U.S. Virgin Islands moves on the left.
- Bermuda’s airport has the world's highest landing/parking fee for airlines.
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- The Groot Spitzkoppe (pictured) is often referred to as the "Matterhorn of Namibia" because of the similarity in shape.
- Batticaloa is known as “Land of Singing Fish”.
- Sukhothai translates to the Dawn of Happiness.
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- The biggest snow castle in the world (pictured) is built yearly in Kemi since 1996.
- In Rosario you can visit the house where Che Guevara was born.
November 2015
[edit]- A popular event in Douz is the International festival of the Sahara, held towards the end of each year.
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- The size of the Super pit (pictured) in Kalgoorlie-Boulder makes everything else look small.
- Sark still has a quite liberal smoking legislation.
- Antigua and Barbuda are nicknamed "Land of 365 beaches" due to the many beaches that surround the two islands.
- Iya Valley is famous for its vine bridges (pictured).
- The James Bond beach is in Ocho Rios, close to the former home of author Ian Fleming who created the character.
- Surat Thani has a monkey training college.
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- The Paper Dome (pictured) in Puli is a temporary church building constructed using paper tubes as structural elements.
- Are you interested in violins? In Cremona you can visit the the Stradivarius Museum.
- The Manitoba Children’s Museum in Winnipeg is home to several hands-on galleries, offering plenty of family fun.
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- Casinos (pictured) are Reno’s most common visitor attraction.
- Cristalino State Park in Alta Floresta offers great opportunities to explore exceptional Amazon flora and fauna.
- In Jinja you can see the source of the world’s longest river, the Nile.
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- Rotorua is known as the thermal wonderland of New Zealand. (boiling pool pictured)
- The Barbados museum in Bridgetown is housed in the former British Military Prison.
- The Gambia is a thin country, essentially consisting of the flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by some low hills.
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- Antwerp’s city hall (pictured) is built in a style combining Gothic and early Renaissance, almost exclusively found in this region of Europe.
- With a population of around 310, Kulusuk is one of the largest towns in Eastern Greenland
- Benin City is actually located in Nigeria.
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- Kiritimati (pictured) is the coral atoll with the largest land area in the world.
- St. Joseph, Missouri, is famous as the place where Jesse James was gunned down.
- The Pole of Cold is a region in Siberia where you can experience the world’s coldest temperatures outside Antarctica.
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- The Montauk Lighthouse (pictured) is a historical lighthouse with a beautiful view of "The End" of Long Island.
- Nausori has been dubbed "the Paradise of the Green".
- Gibraltar claims to have the southernmost pub in Europe.
- The main attraction in Kanchanaburi is the Bridge over the River Kwai (pictured), famous from the eponymous novel.
- The shops of Chihuahua have a great selection of cowboy boots.
- Due to its agricultural wealth, Chengdu is sometimes called the "Land of Milk and Honey".
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- Mount Erebus (pictured) is the southernmost active volcano in the world.
- Joliet Correctional Center has been used as a filming location for numerous TV shows and movies.
October 2015
[edit]- Isle of Arran is also known as “Scotland in miniature”
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- In Stavanger you can visit an oil museum (pictured) and a museum of canning.
- Kaliningrad Oblast produces about 90% of the world’s amber.
- Over 500 years old, the city of Tokyo was once a modest fishing village named Edo (江戸).
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- Napier is the most consistently Art Deco city in the world (National Tobacco Company building pictured)
- On the Isle of Man there is no overall speed limit for private vehicles.
- When spoken correctly, Afrikaans is the most melodic Germanic language.
- At Davao international airport you can find a monument dedicated to the durian fruit (pictured)
- The Seniwati Gallery in Ubud features only art by female artists.
- Fort Portal is famous for its high quality tea, made possible by its cool climate.
- St. George's Cathedral (pictured) in Georgetown, Guyana is one of the world’s largest all-wooden buildings.
- Holy Island just off the Scottish coast is home to a community of Buddhist monks.
- From the summit of the volcano Baru near Boquete you can see both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
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- Outside Doha you can visit the Singing Sand Dunes (pictured), “singing” when the wind blows.
- Its temperate climate and colonial architecture has given Nuwara Eliya the nickname “Little England”.
- Schengen, which also has given the name to the Schengen Agreement, is also home to the European Museum.
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- In Michigan, don't be surprised if a resident tells you where a city is by pointing at their hand (pictured).
- At the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo you can learn more about tsunamis.
- Bouvet Island is thought to be the most remote island in the world.
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- The old town of Dresden, which was almost entirely destroyed in the Second World War, is now almost completely rebuilt in the original style (Semperoper pictured).
- Copenhagen Airport is the only airport with year-round direct regular scheduled passenger service to Greenland.
- In Ko Samui you can see the grandfather and grandmother stones that bear a striking resemblance to male and female genitalia.
- Driving a car or even a bicycle on the island of Heligoland (bird's eye view pictured) is prohibited by federal law.
- Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, has a cathedral that cannot be entered due to fear of it collapsing, since it was damaged in a 1972 earthquake.
- When driving in the UK, be aware that side roads never have priority, overtaking on the left (so called undertaking) is illegal, and you may not turn left over a red light.
- Tipaza is one of Algeria’s most popular destinations thanks to its world heritage listed Roman ruins (pictured).
- Kristiansand in southern Norway bears the nickname "the coolest riviera".
- Walvis Bay is the only commercial port of Namibia.
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- One major attraction of Kish Island is the Greek ship (pictured) that rests on one of its shores.
- Due to the prevalence of waterways in its geography, Recife is known as Veneza Brasileira — the Brazilian Venice.
- The average year-round temperature of Baku matches the average temperature of the landmass of Earth to within a tenth of degree.
September 2015
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- Jackson Square (pictured) is the historic heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans.
- Halmstad is known as the "golf capital" of Sweden with 12 beautiful courses.
- Weimar is regarded as one of the most historically important cities in Germany.
- An iconic Maldivian accommodation is the overwater bungalow (pictured), built on stilts directly above a lagoon.
- Tipping can be perceived as an insult in certain countries.
- In Tortola and elsewhere on the British Virgin Islands, hallucinogenic mushrooms are legal.
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- An attraction around Waitomo are caves that are lit up (pictured) by glowworms.
- Shengo Hall in Addis Ababa is the world’s largest building that was pre-fabricated elsewhere than where it now stands.
- As the story goes, Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) was founded on Christmas Eve and named after Jesus’ birth town mentioned in Christmas carols.
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- Malaysia is regarded as a mix of the modern world and a developing nation (Petronas towers pictured).
- Pyongyang boasts the world’s largest Arch of Triumph.
- In Barnaul you can visit the Museum of Time.
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- The ceiling of Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Pilar (pictured) in Zaragoza features works by several Spanish famous painters.
- Matanzas is known as the City of Bridges for its many bridges on the city's three rivers.
- Manchester is the site of the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station.
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- In Colombo, getting around by Tri-shaw (pictured) is most convenient.
- Valletta was named after its founder, the Grandmaster Jean Parisot de la Valette.
- Rental houseboats are a good (if expensive) way of exploring the expanse of Shuswap Lake.
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- In Adelaide you can ride one of the historic trams from the CBD to the historic beachside (pictured) suburb of Glenelg.
- The Magic Mountain theme park features 19 roller coasters, a world record.
- Randengfo pagoda is the oldest and tallest pagoda in Beijing
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- Lake Assal (pictured) in Djibouti is the lowest point in Africa and the saltiest lake outside Antarctica.
- Gatwick Airport is the world's busiest single runway airport.
- A special memory from Samoa is a traditional tattoo.
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- On Saint Helena you can visit the Longwood House (pictured) where Napoleon died during his exile.
- There are no traffic lights in Mombasa and the traffic will likely appear chaotic to a westerner.
- Jaén is said to be the largest olive producing area in the world, producing 10% of the world’s olives.
- Þingvellir National Park (pictured) was home to the world's longest running Parliament.
- Benin is the birthplace of Vodun (Voodoo) and to this day Vodun remains the official religion of the country.
- Jeongdongjin station in Gangwon is the world's closest train station to the ocean.
August 2015
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- The Bazaar of Tabriz (pictured) is one of the oldest bazaars of the Middle East and the largest covered bazaar in the world.
- The name of ruins near Zeravshan, Sarazm, translates to “the beginning of the world”.
- Lexington is home to hundreds of horse farms and nicknamed the Horse capital of America.
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- Grimeton VLF transmitter (pictured) near Varberg is the only workable machine transmitter in the world.
- Preah Vihear is perched on a hilltop with a commanding view of its surroundings.
- Pforzheim is known as "Goldstadt" (Gold town) for its jewelry and watch-making industries.
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- Built by the Romans, Torre de Hércules (pictured) in A Coruña is the oldest lighthouse in the world that is still in use.
- At the craft centre in Ségou you can to try your hand at creating your own traditional Bogoan clothes.
- The town of Horyuji has grown around the eponymous temple of Horyuji, the "Temple of the Flourishing Law”, which is also the oldest surviving wooden structure in the world.
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- Qingchengshan (front gate pictured) is one of the ancient cradles of Taoism in China.
- Budva is often called the "Montenegrin Miami”.
- People eat early in Bloemfontein - even by South African standards.
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- Thanks to the ferry (pictured) connection to the mainland, Devonport is nicknamed the Gateway to Tasmania.
- The main street of Chuy is also the border between Uruguay and Brazil.
- The Kolyma Highway is one of the most dangerous roads in the world.
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- Le Palais des Papes (pictured) in Avignon is the world's largest Gothic edifice.
- Ein Gedi National Park is considered the biggest and the most important oasis in Israel.
- The original capital of French Louisiana, Mobile is home to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.
- Rhodes City hosts the oldest inhabited medieval town (Avenue of the Knights pictured) in Europe.
- Kumbakonam is full of temples — every street, road, locality has a prominent temple.
- Due to the exceedingly scenic setting, and its architecture Budapest is nicknamed "Paris of the East".
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- Mammoth Cave National Park features over 392 miles of caves (pictured).
- Haridwar translates to Gateway to God and has been a centre of Hindu religion and mysticism for centuries.
- Fortaleza is known as the capital of hammocks.
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- St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kiev (pictured) has the world biggest ensemble of frescoes and mosaics dating from 11th century.
- The Loire Valley is often referred to as "the Garden of France" and the Cradle of the French Language.
- Mt. Angel recently built the largest glockenspiel in the United States. Also hosts a Bavarian-style "Oktoberfest" complete with traditional German bands every September
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- Originally built to fend off slave traders, the world heritage listed Tatas (pictured) in Nadoba now serve as home to farm animals and various materials.
- Mohenjo-daro is depicted on the Rs. 20 currency note; fittingly, entry fees to the Mohenjo-daro complex are Rs. 20 for Pakistanis.
- Caernarfon is one of the best places in the world to hear a living Celtic language, with over 80% of the local population speaking Welsh.
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- Mount Tai (pictured) is the most climbed mountain in China and a sacred Daoist site.
July 2015
[edit]- The name of the Japanese town of Shiojiri means "Salt Butt".
- Hebron in Northern Kentucky is home to the Creation Museum, which teaches the Book of Genesis as literal truth.
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- The Palmeral in Elche (pictured) is one of the world's largest palm groves and the only one in Europe.
- Opened in 1770, Ouro Preto’s Teatro Municipal is the oldest functioning theater in South America.
- Tanzania is probably one of the oldest known continuously inhabited areas on Earth.
- Temperatures in Eilat can be very high, but there’s still an ice rink (pictured) in the Ice Park Mall.
- Devanagari writing is often likened to a washing line: a line is drawn above the words, and the letters are hung out to dry below the line.
- Tennant Creek is known as the Territory’s heart of gold mainly due to the people, but also in reference to the gold mining history.
- In Miyajima you can gaze upon the World's Largest Spatula (pictured) and eat a chocolate called “deer shit”.
- The town of Kristinestad, Finland has a road called Kattpiskargränden, which means Cat Spanker Alley.
- The anchor of Christopher Columbus' ship, the Santa Maria, is on display at the Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien in Port-au-Prince.
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- The D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station (pictured) in Lemmer is the largest steam-powered pumping station in the world that is still in operation.
- Coiba used to be a penal colony for the Panama’s most dangerous criminals, nowadays it’s part of a national marine park.
- Dilijan is called the "Armenian Switzerland" due to the densely forested valleys and mountains with alpine meadows around.
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- The centrepiece of the Hiri Moale festival in Port Moresby is a race of up to 100 traditional Lakatoi canoes (pictured).
- Devon Island, in Nunavut, Canada, is the largest uninhabited island in the world although it does have a cemetery...the world's northernmost.
- The small principality of Andorra is probably the only country in the world ruled by two princes: the Bishop of Urgell and the President of France.
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- Huanggoushu Waterfall (pictured) in Guizhou is the largest waterfall in China.
- Delhi consists of more than 8 cities and also houses 174 monuments.
- The Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Hall in Dawson City is a touristy relic of the old Gold Rush days
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- The Livonian Order Castle (pictured) in Ventspils is one of best preserved medieval fortresses in the world.
- Fez is the medieval capital of Morocco, and a great city of high Islamic civilization.
- At London’s South Bank you can visit the first museum in the world dedicated to the history of gardening.
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- The local train (pictured) network in Hyderabad known as the Multi-Modal Transport System.
- The two-minute flight between Papa Westray and Westray is the shortest scheduled flight in the world.
- Urban decay and abandonment has given Gary the name “Pompeii of the Midwest”.
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- The fort (pictured) at Ilha de Mozambique is likely the oldest surviving European building in the Southern Hemisphere.
- As the centre of a large pistachio-growing region, fresh pistachio is readily available in Gaziantep.
- Colorado is split down the middle north to south by the Rocky Mountains.
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- Estonia’s most famous ghost – the White Lady — supposedly haunts Haapsalu Castle (pictured).
- Chongqing boasts the world's largest public restroom.
June 2015
[edit]- In Cairns you can see a replica of Duyfken, the first recorded European ship to visit Australia.
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- Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden boasts the tallest palm house (pictured) in the UK.
- Adventurous culinarists visiting Hanoi can try dog meat, various cobra foodstuffs and ca cuong, an extract from the giant water bug.
- Route 62 can be regarded as the South African twin of the more famous Route 66.
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- The mosque of Chinguetti (pictured) includes what is believed to be the second oldest continuously used minaret in all of the Muslim world.
- The Wire Tour is a grand tour of Baltimore, taking you past various important filming locations for the highly acclaimed HBO TV series, The Wire.
- Bernardo O'Higgins National Park is one of the last refuges for the Chilean Huemul.
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- The old warehouse district Bricktown (pictured) in Oklahoma City is nowadays a restaurant and night club hot spot adjacent to downtown.
- Europe’s largest wild reindeer herds live in Hardangervidda.
- The Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover (Delaware) is one of the only museums that is dedicated to airlift and air refueling.
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- The three Tang Dynasty pagodas (pictured) in Dali are some of the best preserved Buddhist structures in China.
- A rare, but still occuring pheonomenon in Mexico are mountain road stretches with left-hand traffic.
- One foot of St.Peter’s statue in the Vatican City has been largely worn away by pilgrims kissing it over the centuries.
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- At the mud volcano (pictured) near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk you can see fumaroles bubbling through the mud.
- Cody Nite Rodeo runs every evening in the summer months.
- The Bacardi Rum factory in San Juan is known as the “Catedral of Rum”.
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- Louages (shared taxis, pictured) are ubiquitous in Tunisia.
- ATOW1996 in Northern Greenland is currently considered the northernmost piece of permanent land on Earth.
- With an average annual temperature of -1.3°C, Ulaanbaatar is the world’s coldest national capital.
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- Liverpool Cathedral (pictured) is one of the finest examples in the world of Gothic revival architecture.
- Hyderabad was once the seat of the Nizam, the ruler of the largest and the most opulent "princely state”.
- Hobart is one of the most easily accessible places to view the Southern Lights or Aurora Australis.
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- Oregon’s state beaches are all public, allowing unfettered access to the shore with beautiful views (pictured).
- Maó harbour on Minorca, is the second largest natural deep water port in the world.
- The archaeological site Joya de Ceren in La Libertad features a pre-Columbian Maya farming village preserved under volcanic ash and is known as the “Pompeii of the Americas”.
- The Taoist Temple (pictured) reflects the Chinese heritage of Cebu.
- Grand Cache hosts the yearly Canadian death race.
- Pinsk in Belarus has throughout the history been of great religious importance both for Christians and Jews.
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- There are good views (pictured) of Caracas from the nearby mountain Avila.
- The name of the city of Nouadhibou translates to the place of the Jackal
May 2015
[edit]- Thiruvananthapuram is one of the oldest cities in India, there are even references to the city in ancient Greek and Roman texts.
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- The Zimbabwe museum of Human Sciences (pictured) in Harare was formerly known as the Queen Victoria Museum.
- The WW2 German U-boat base Dora 1 in Trondheim is today used as the city archive.
- The Research Triangle in North Carolina is named after the multitude of research universities and high tech firms in the area.
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- Barbary Macaques (pictured) can be regarded as the signature animals of Gibraltar.
- The Ginza district is considered the high fashion center of Tokyo.
- Tuareg sabres and knives are typical souvenirs to buy in Timbuktu.
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- Tampere is (in)famous for its black sausage — mustamakkara (pictured) — a sausage made of blood.
- A specialty of Mongolia is home made vodka distilled from yoghurt or milk.
- Guadeloupe is sometimes known as the Butterfly Island.
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- Jal Mahal (pictured) in Jaipur translates to Water Palace and is indeed located in the middle of a lake.
- San Marino is the sole survivor of the independent city states that used to make up the Italian peninsula.
- A Chinese proverb says: Heaven has paradise; Earth has Hangzhou and Suzhou.
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- Portland Head Light (pictured) is regarded as one of the most scenic lighthouses in the U.S.
- For its population of just under a million people, Hamamatsu is a uniquely international city.
- Bamako has only a few paved main roads despite being one of West Africa’s largest cities.
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- Dolomite, windmills (pictured) and the famous local home-brewed beer are the symbols of Saaremaa.
- GR20 is often referred to as "the toughest long distance trail in Europe”.
- Jermuk is full of Soviet hotels and sanatoriums, some of which have been renovated to high standards.
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- Niue is dotted with many caves (Avaiki cave pictured) and limestone arches.
- In Torshavn riding public buses is free.
- Patmos is one of the most religiously significant Greek Islands because it is where Saint John the Divine had its revelation and wrote the Apocalypse.
- Songthaew means "two rows" in Thai, and is the local name for vehicles (pictured) used both as minibuses and taxis in Thailand.
- Tolbooth Street in Falkirk is the shortest street in the UK.
- Baleyara is known across West Africa for having one of the largest animal markets.
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- Palmyra (New York) claims to be the only community in the U.S. that has a four-corner intersection with a church at each one. (pictured)
- Although not particularly high, the Blue Mountains are renowned for their majestic scenery of a unique kind.
- Few caverns in the world approach the astounding wealth or the extent of those of Jeita.
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- Mount Pico (pictured) in the Azores is Portugal’s tallest mountain.
- The 1940's neighborhood of Balhura in Belo Horizonte features some of the highlights of Brazil’s modern architecture.
- Nanjing is officially the safest city in China.
April 2015
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- Northumberland National Park (The Schil pictured) is the most northerly national park in England.
- The Binghamton area is also the Carousel Capital of America, home to 6 of the remaining 150 antique carousels in the nation.
- Umeå’s nickname is the "Town of Silver Birches".
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- Issyk Kul lake (pictured) is the second largest alpine lake in the world.
- Eupen is the capital of the German-speaking community of Belgium.
- In Sudan visitors are technically required to obtain a permit for photography of any kind.
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- The impressive 2nd century Roman theater (pictured) in Amman could seat up to 6,000 people.
- Ecuador’s currency is the U.S. dollar, though they still mint their own coins.
- Greek has changed less in the last two thousand years than English has in the last five hundred.
- No visit to Dublin would be complete without a visit to one of its many pubs (pictured).
- Oaxaca is famous for at least two drinks: Mezcal and hot chocolate.
- Reunion was originally known as the Isle de Bourbon.
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- Vatnajökull National Park is the largest national park in Europe, home to Iceland's highest mountain, largest glacier, and Europe's most powerful waterfall (pictured).
- Many minority tribes live in the area surrounding Cao Bang, and their village markets make fascinating places to visit.
- Richman is a local street food specialty of Bratislava.
- Visitors to the Alamo (pictured) in San Antonio are often surprised by its small size.
- Udaipur is referred to as the "Venice of the East", the "Most Romantic City of India" and the "Kashmir of Rajasthan".
- York is famous for giving its name to the city and state of New York in the United States.
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- Kazan (Kremlin pictured) holds the title of "The Third Capital of Russia”.
- Saba is so safe that some hotels do not have locks on their doors.
- The capital of Japan for over a millennium, Kyoto carries a reputation as its most beautiful city.
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- The Temple Square (pictured) in Salt Lake City, including the headquarters of the LDS church is the most visited tourist site in Utah.
- Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and the second-oldest official Christian nation in the world.
- The Monument of Bulgarian-Soviet friendship is a concrete behemoth that overlooks Varna from Turna hill, mostly abandoned nowadays.
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- If you take the Jambo Kenya Deluxe train (pictured) from Nairobi to Mombasa you may see wildlife up close.
- According to the World Meteorological Organization, Bangkok is the world's hottest city.
- Orson Welles filmed part of his Othello in Essaouira; west of the medina there's a square named after him.
- The small farming town of Hyden is justifiably overshadowed by its better known attraction, Wave Rock (pictured).
- Traverse City is known as the Cherry Capital of the World.
- Freak street is a street in central Kathmandu, formerly popular among western hippies.
March 2015
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- Ljubljana (pictured) is noted as one of the greenest capitals in Europe.
- The Sundbåt ferry in Kristiansund is the world's oldest public transport line in continuous operation.
- Okayama is known as the "Land of Sunshine".
- No visit to Montreal is complete without at least one plate of poutine (pictured).
- The most westernly and remote McDonald's in the world can be found in central Apia.
- Zhuhai is known as a tourist destination for Chinese nationals, and as playground for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan businessmen.
- Paarl is famous for having one of the world's largest rock outcrops, the Paarl Rock (pictured).
- Want to visit a French fries museum? Head to Bruges!
- Jacksonville is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States.
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- The geographic South Pole marker (pictured) is moved every year to account for the shifting ice.
- It is said that St. Louis is second only to Washington, D.C. in the number of free activities available in an American city.
- One thing not to miss while in Çanakkale is bomba, which is the usual döner in half a bread plus an omelette added in.
- An island in the Ao Phang Nga National Park is known as the James Bond Island (pictured).
- Bolzano’s archaeology museum is famous worldwide as the home of the alpine iceman "Ötzi".
- The Marine Tower in Yokohama is the largest onland lighthouse in the world.
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- Bishnupur is famous for its terracotta temples (pictured).
- Because of the first downtown pedestrian mall in America, Kalamazoo got the nickname "the Mall City" in 1959.
- Wells is the smallest city in England, with a population of around 10,000.
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- The urban rail network of Seoul (subway car pictured) is huge with a combined track length of almost 1,000 km and it also boasts the highest ridership number.
- Due to its country music image, Nashville is sometimes called “"Music City, USA”.
- Chile is among the longest countries in the world with several climate zones and types of nature.
- Central Yerevan (pictured) is a true jewel of early Soviet architecture.
- Borås used to be the centre of the Swedish textile industry, and is still well known for having many shops that sell high-quality textiles at low prices.
- A hideaway from pirate attacks, Corfu’s Old Perithia has views to, but cannot be seen, from the sea.
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- Newcastle has Australia’s oldest sea port (pictured).
- A local delicacy in Matabeleland are sundried mopani worms.
- Port Augusta is known as the crossroads of Australia, as it is situated where the country's main north-south and east-west roads cross.
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- Burj Khalifa (pictured) in Dubai is the world's tallest building by far.
- Newquay is known as the surf capital of Great Britain.
- Hornindal Lake near Stryn is believed to be the deepest lake in Europe.
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- The Stuart Highway (pictured) known as "the Explorer's Way" is a highway running north to south through the middle of Australia.
February 2015
[edit]- The Italian town of Bra is home to the Slow Food movement and the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
- Each Friday morning a historical event is re-enacted in the Moro Naaba palace in Ouagadougou.
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- Nidaros cathedral (pictured) in Trondheim was supposedly built over the grave of St Olav, Norway's patron saint and "eternal king".
- Polish is unique in that it retains the nasal sounds lost in other Slavic languages and uses an unique diacritic mark.
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- The names Uluru (pictured) and Kata Tjuta come from the local Anangu people and respectively mean "Earth Mother" and "Many Heads".
- Eight places in the old Japanese capital Nara have been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, including five Buddhist temples, one Shinto shrine, an imperial palace and a primeval forest.
- Svalbard is bound to a treaty that stipulates that any sign of human presence from before 1946 must remain untouched, including loose objects.
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- Baiyoke Tower II (pictured) in Pratunam in Bangkok is the tallest tower in Thailand.
- The Dutch are among the largest coffee drinkers in the world.
- In rural British Columbia you can still hear slang terms from the Chinook Jargon pidgin language.
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- Xijiang (pictured) bears the title "thousand household village" and is known as the largest Miao village in China.
- Kourou used to be part of a penal colony for the worst criminals in France.
- Owensboro is known for burgoo, a traditional stew originally made with squirrel or venison, but now made with mutton, chicken, beef and vegetables.
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- The striking cone-shaped peaks Large and Small Piton (pictured) on Saint Lucia constitute one of the scenic natural highlights of the Caribbean.
- There are around 200 million Portuguese native speakers, the vast majority in Brazil.
- In Karratha you can sleep in the local mining accommodation villages.
- The Hurtigruten ferry line (M/S Polarlys pictured) along Norway's jagged coastline is sometimes called the world's most beautiful sea voyage.
- In Frankfort (Kentucky) you can take a tour in the Rebecca Ruth candy factory where the Bourbon ball candy was invented.
- Kolkata is called the City of Joy.
- There are 174 ASI Protected monuments in the Indian capital of Delhi.
- In the winter when the ice is strong enough it is possible to drive to the island (pictured) of Hailuoto without taking the ferry.
- Akaroa was the only French settlement in New Zealand and the French heritage remains in form of names of streets and businesses.
- Samarkand literally means “stone fort” or “rock town”.
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- With a façade from around the year 1700, the city hall (pictured) is one of the most prominent buildings on the market square of Roermond.
- Bangalore is the major centre of India's IT industry popularly known as the Silicon Valley of India.
- Hokkaido is home to Japan's native Ainu people.
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- Meteora consists of a number of rock pinnacles topped with a total of 24 monasteries (Megalou Meterou pictured).
- A certain rum made on Grenada has an alcohol content of 75%, making it illegal to take home to many countries, at least on flights.
January 2015
[edit]- Venice is the world's only pedestrian city.
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- In Baalbek you can visit great ancient temples (pictured) built by the Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations.
- Possibly the premier zoo in North America, the San Diego Zoo encompasses over 100 acres of displays and habitats.
- The Forbidden Island near Saipan was allegedly once occupied by evil spirits but is now a bird sanctuary.
- German architecture (pictured) and the world’s second largest Oktoberfest are examples of the strong German heritage of Blumenau in Brazil.
- Kansas derives from the Sioux language meaning "People of the South Wind".
- Ko Tao was once a detention site for political prisoners, but today it is a great place for divers.
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- In Ushuaia you can ride the train to the end of the world (pictured).
- The name of the city of Kotka translates to “eagle”.
- Saint Martin is one of the smallest land masses that is divided between two countries.
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- Roskilde hosts a viking museum with several original viking ships (pictured).
- In 2004, Edinburgh became the first member of the UNESCO Creative Cities initiative when it was designated a City of Literature.
- Nuclear tourism is travel to places connected with nuclear research and technology.
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- Mt. Warning (pictured) is the world's largest extinct shield volcano.
- Labrador is home to the largest herds of Caribou in the world.
- Though it never was buried by a volcano, Jerash is sometimes misleadingly referred to as the "Pompeii of the Middle East”.
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- Saint-Denis (pictured) is the largest city in all of the French Overseas Departments.
- The Bavarian village of Aufsess holds the record for most beer breweries per capita.
- Calico museum of textiles in Ahmedabad is regarded as one of the finest textile museums in the world.
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- The Gateway Arch (pictured) in St. Louis is the world’s tallest national monument.
- Because of numerous festivals, the Philippines is dubbed "The Fiesta Islands".
- The New World Afro-Diasporic customs of Vodou are widely practiced in Haiti.
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- Jakarta has a large number of giant, glittering malls (Grand Indonesia pictured), well above expectations for newcomers.
- Boat building traditions are kept alive at the Maritime Quarter in Mariehamn's eastern harbour.
- Uliastai used to be a provincial capital of the Manchu Empire and is one of the three oldest settlements in Mongolia.
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- Cimetière du Père Lachaise (pictured) in Paris is probably the most visited graveyard in any Western city.
- Capurganá is surrounded on three sides by dense jungle and no roads lead to it.
- The islands of the Indian Ocean are a varied collection, including many of the smallest territories and one of the largest island nations (Madagascar).
- The world's first grain elevator was built at Buffalo Harbor (marker sign pictured) in 1842.
- Saariselkä boasts Europe’s northernmost Spa.
- New Orleans Mardi Gras is known as the biggest free party on earth.