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The Tropic of Cancer Avenue on Makung is a decorative concrete 'avenue' which marks the point at which the Tropic of Cancer passes through the island.
St Peter and Paul's Cathedral (interior pictured) in Brandenburg an der Havel is considered the "cradle" of Brandenburg and "mother" of all churches in the state.
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El Picacho Park overlooks Tegucigalpa, and takes its name from the huge statue of Jesus Christ, also called "Cristo el Picacho", which is visible from almost any point in the city.
Founded during the era of Julius Caesar as "Forum Julii", Fréjus has a rich concentration of Roman buildings and ruins (amphitheatre pictured).
Solar do Unhão, an old-style house, is the best place in Salvador to watch the sunset.
The Greenbelt museum is a small, but unique museum that chronicles the city's birth as a Roosevelt "New Deal" planned community.
The only remaining signs of volcanism activity in Laguna Quilotoa (pictured) are fumaroles at the bottom of the lake, a smell of sulfur on the shore and on the eastern side of the lake also some hot springs are bubbling.
Liwa Oasis is at the edge of the UAE's most impressive desert region, when considering the size of the dunes.
The village of Culloden is best known for the 1746 battle that destroyed the Jacobite cause, and the battlefield is one of the main attractions there.
Boudhanath Stupa (pictured) is the most popular site for Buddhists in Nepal, and throughout the day pilgrims can be seen circumambulating the structure chanting mantras.
The beautiful campus of the University of Ibadan has several places of interest: the Tower Court, Zoological garden, Botanical garden and an ultra-modern guest house.
Malmö is the best place in the world to see Danish Renaissance architecture.
Auckland Art Gallery (pictured) has the largest collection of national and international art in New Zealand.
Chatzezüngli, translating to "kitten tongues", a kind of chocolate, are a speciality of Schaffhausen.
The Callaway Memorial Clock Tower in LaGrange is modelled on the campanile of St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice.
The Majdanek State Museum (pictured) in Lublin is a Holocaust memorial, on the site of a former Nazi German extermination and slave labour camp.
A local specialty on Kefalonia is the wild thyme honey.
Taking place each December, the Kepler Challenge entails running the Kepler Track, a hiking trail 60 km in length.
Celebrated yearly, sometime between February and March, La TrinidadStrawberry Festival is an annual festival dedicated to the town's strawberry farming (pictured).
Vardø is the easternmost point of Norway and lies east of Istanbul!
Rochdale is the birthplace of the co-operative movement, and the building where it all started is now a museum.
Quite an unusual structure, the Jhulta Minara (pictured) or swaying minarets are a part of the mosque of Siddi Bashir in Ahmedabad and can be moved back and forth by applying a little force at the topmost arch.
The Centrale Markt, on the far east side of the Waterkant, is in many ways the beating heart of Paramaribo.
Grand old hotels have an appeal all their own: old fashioned fittings, the lack of the latest amenities, and a certain graceful agedness.
The Brickworks Museum N. & S. Tsalapata (interior pictured) in Volos is a rare example of surviving former industrial plant in Greece.
The Chapel Street shopping district in Prahran is often called the "longest catwalk in the Southern Hemisphere".
Samarkand had a central position on the Silk Road between China and the West.
Marina del Rey (pictured) is best known as the world's largest man-made small craft harbor, capable of berthing 5,300 boats.
Outside Cajamarca you can swim in natural hot springs named Baños del Inca (The Inca's Baths).
Whitewater sports is the art of bobbing about in a boat, large or small, in moving water.
The four 60-foot granite faces of Mount Rushmore National Memorial (pictured) draw more than three million visitors each year.
In Graz you can visit the mannerist-Baroque Mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II.
Showcasing for example schoolbooks and textiles, the Ukrainian Museum of Canada in Saskatoon preserves and recreates Ukrainian culture in Canada.
Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Cathedral (pictured) in Kisantu is one of the largest churches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Now part of a World Heritage Site, the Mietsu Naval Docks in Saga were established to produce Western-style ships for Japan's first Western-style navy.
A tour at the Bao Sheng Durian Farm in Balik Pulau includes eating as much durians as you like.
The main site of the Giant's Causeway stretches for 2-3 miles, with some 40,000 basalt columns rising out of the sea (Grand Cascade pictured).
Travel between EU member states is generally much easier than crossing other international borders, both for residents and for people from outside the union.
Suonenjoki is known for its strawberry farms, and as a result, a strawberry leaf also appears on the town's coat of arms.
Armenian has its own unique alphabet of 39 letters (letter sculptures in Aparan Alphabet park pictured).
The Black Diamond Pool outside Collie is an abandoned coal mine has formed into a deep lake that takes on a vivid blue or green hue depending on the weather.
Liechtensteiners are very proud of their national identity and would take offence at being wrongly labelled "German", "Austrian" or "Swiss".
Glorieta Castle (pictured) in Sucre incorporates many architectonical styles, for instance it has a Russian, a Chinese and a Gothic tower.
Sahastradhara Spring outside Dehradun is believed to have exceptional medicinal value and the dripping caves and a bath in the Baldi River near the spring are said to rejuvenate the body and soul.
Parts of present-day Tourist Drive 33 were built by convicts in the early 1800s to connect Sydney to the Hunter Valley.
Sandy Hook Lighthouse (pictured) is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States.
When it comes to shopping, border towns often have good bargains, aimed at people who take shopping trips across the border to get whatever is cheaper or higher quality in the other country.
The West Kern Oil Museum in Taft tells the story of oil in California.
Nador Corniche (pictured) stretches along the Mediterranean coastline.
Burkina Faso translates to Land of the Upright Men.
If visiting Campo Grande in August and September, the blossom of ipês (golden trumpet trees, Handroanthus albus) makes for a spectacular sight.
The Library of Birmingham (pictured) is the single largest public library in the UK and one of the largest in the whole of Europe.
Grūto Parkas outside Druskininkaishowcases Soviet monuments which were dismantled after the independence of Lithuania.
Kota Bharu is full of delicious Kelantanese food, a unique cuisine influenced by Thai and Indian styles.
A trip on the STAR museum railway (steam locomotive pictured) provides a great view of the Veenkoloniën landscape.
With around 6 million trees, Johannesburg is most likely the world's largest man-made urban forest.
Andong is the self-proclaimed "Capital City of Korean Spiritual Culture", having maintained aspects of the traditional culture of Korea throughout the past 2,000 years.
Waldo Lake (pictured) is one of the clearest lakes in the world, on a bright day one can see over 100 feet in depth.
The Maison d'Ailleurs in Yverdon is devoted to science fiction and to superhero comics – and as such is the only of its kind in Europe.
From the summit of Dundret, 9 percent of Sweden's surface is visible on a clear day.
Colored by seaweed, the Red Beach Scenic Area (pictured) is the main attraction in Panjin.
An iconic souvenir from Agadez is a Tuareg silver cross.
Ravensburg's main claim to fame is the board game company named after the town, which also operates a board game museum (pictured) there.
The main attraction in San Miguel de Tucumán is the house where Argentina declared independence from Spain in 1816.
Kurseong is known as the "Land of Glorious Sunsets" and the "white orchid of the eastern Himalayas".
The striking clock tower (pictured) is the only remnant of the ugly train yards that once occupied the present-day Riverfront Park in Spokane.
Many notable sights in Kashgar are tombs; of a leader, possibly a concubine, and two writers.
Lerwick has the best shopping in Shetland... since it's the only shopping.
From the 35 m tall Arch 22 (pictured) there are good views over Banjul.
Due in part to its location on the island's north shore, Montego Bay has long since earned the title of tourist capital of Jamaica.
Once Meissen gained cultural importance as the place where the first European porcelain was invented.
The main attraction of Sai is Hotokegaura (pictured), a collection of odd rock formations that have sparked people's imaginations.
Belén Cemetery in Guadalajara has been converted into a museum that is full of interesting stories of cemetery hauntings and Tapatío culture in general.
Si Racha is famous in Thailand for its seafood, served with a fiery chili sauce known as nam prik si racha (น้ำพริกศรีราชา Si Racha spicy sauce).
The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville is housed in the city's historic Western Union Telegraph Building (pictured as seen across Hemming Park).
At the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø you can experience the history of aviation and highlights from the Cold War.
An easy way to sample a number of Gero's hot springs is to buy the Yu-meguri Tegata, a wooden amulet sold all over Gero.
Now a unique cosmopolitan city with a very turbulent history, Rijeka (pictured) was ruled by eight different countries between 1918 and 1991.
Horse racing has existed in some form since antiquity and has a long, seemingly timeless tradition in some regions.
Sanhattan is an unofficial district of Santiago de Chile and known for its skyscrapers (street view pictured) - indeed its name is made up of Santiago and Manhattan.
Zeche Zollverein (winding tower pictured) in Essen is sometimes called the most beautiful coal mine in the world.
The Kinsey Institute for the Study of Sex, Gender, and Reproduction in Bloomington, Indiana often host public art exhibits, concerts, and demonstrations.
The near Nuwara Eliya are adorned with many picturesque waterfalls.
Daruma dolls (pictured) are the local specialty of Takasaki.
The most impressive thing about Portofino is the lifestyle, so running off and "seeing the sights" probably won't be your number one priority when you plan your trip.
Kangerlussuaq (pictured) began as an important air stopover point during WWII and still today the settlement and the airfield share a symbiotic relationship.
Although in many of the nuclear tourism sites only background radiation can be detected, in some other visitors are confronted with higher levels.
Lesotho is known as the Kingdom in the Sky because the entire country is at a high altitude.
The Sindh museum in Hyderabad (entrance gate pictured) has many nice items on display in large halls which depict the history and heritage of Sindh and Indus Valley Civilization.
The Orlando area contains some of the world's largest and most famous theme park resorts.
Perhaps surprisingly, most culinary items that are typically associated with Jewish cuisine in much of the English-speaking world, such as bagels and pastrami, are not widespread in Israel.
Utrecht Cathderal (pictured) once was a part of a larger cathedral which was partially destroyed by a severe storm while under construction.
Whilst some regions have a higher risk factor for wildfires, they can occur in many climates and almost all types of vegetation.
Part of the local university, Donald E. Davis Arboretum in Auburn, Alabama features native trees, shrubs and wildflowers of the southeastern United States.
The cultural centre Fundação Amílcar Cabral in Praia is notable for its murals (pictured).
In Margate, you can visit the Margate Train, a train that contains various retail businesses within its carriages.
Though still dry by U.S. east coast standards, enough rain and snow falls around Flagstaff to allow a forest of ponderosa pine trees to cover the landscape.
The Temple of Literature (pictured) in Hanoi was founded in 1070 and became Vietnam's first university six years later.
The market square in Wrocław is one of the biggest town squares in Europe, and is lined on all sides with photogenic and interesting buildings.
About 50 km north of Lyndhurst, the Ochre Cliffs are home to some remarkable outback colours.
First established in 1386, the Arlberg Hospice (pictured) is definitely the most prominent attraction in St. Christoph, and for centuries it was the only building there was.
Urbex is most commonly understood as the exploration of parts of cities that no-one visits.
In St. John's Wood, London you can visit the Abbey Road studios where many famous musicians and groups, most notably The Beatles, recorded music.
One sight in Durazno is a monument (pictured) to the tamboril - a type of drum - likely the only such monument in the world.
Highlights at the Mazda museum in Hiroshima include the world's first car with a rotary engine and the only Japanese car to win at Le Mans.
Because of the continuous flow of water over the falls, the Pisew Falls Provincial Park has developed its own micro-climate.
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing has steep climbs, great views (pictured) and colourful lakes, and some say it is the best one-day walk in the world.
In Aguascalientes you can visit a museum dedicated to José Guadalupe Posada, considered by many as the founder of modern art in Mexico.
Hiking may be broadly grouped into three categories: day hiking, long distance walking and wilderness backpacking.
St Elizabeth's Cathedral (pictured) in Košice is a remarkable medieval monument built in the High Gothic style.
Getting aroundAlgiers by tram is remarkably economical.
Lena Hara Cave near Tutuala has a 10,000 year old engraving depicting a human face.
Being a small island with limited water resources and a fragile ecosystem, there is a maximum number of 460 visitors allowed on Fernando de Noronha (landscape pictured).
Chicago's Wicker Park has many Polish and Ukrainian sights including churches and museums.
Mysore is known for the Mysore Pak, a traditional sweet sold all over the city.
The 19th century wooden St. Nicholas church (pictured) in Listvyanka is the oldest building around Lake Baikal.
Kharga is the largest of the five western oases of Egypt.
Museo del Caribe displays a great collection of the history of Barranquilla and the Caribbean.
Up to 350 vendors come to Tongeren every Sunday to sell antique and vintage goods at the weekly Antiques market (pictured).
Addresses in Bangkok use the Thai addressing system, which may be a little confusing to the uninitiated.
A closed city during Soviet times, today Paldiski is open to everyone and deserves a visit by those interested in the grey world of the Soviet Union.
The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka highlights Monroe Elementary School (pictured), where the historic case ending school segregation in the United States started.
Perpignan is one of France's rugby hotbeds, with professional teams in both rugby codes.
Wikivoyage's travel topic on Sustainable travel deals with how to best avoid negative impacts on the global and local natural environment while traveling and how to best preserve the places you visit for future generations to enjoy.
Built in 1556 in the Renaissance style, the Old Town Hall (pictured) of Leipzig remains one of Germany's largest.
At Singapore airport, travelers who lucked out of visiting Southeast Asian gardens and jungles can still enjoy local flora in several gardens.
The best local handicrafts on Dominica are Kalinago-made baskets.
Like the Dalton Highway, Deadhorse (aerial view pictured) exists to support oil operations in Prudhoe Bay.
The Silk Street in Beijing is the original foreign-oriented market, known for free wheeling bargaining and counterfeit luxury brands.
El Gouna was built with a different mindset than other Egyptian resorts; it's more than a bunch of hotels on a previously uninhabited piece of coastline.
Before the construction of the Murchison Highway (pictured), Tullah was only accessible by rail, but today, it's only accessible by road.
Bisei Town of Ibara enacted Japan's first Light Pollution Prevention Ordinance in 1989.
The Potala Palace in Lhasa (pictured) was once the religious and political centre of old Tibet and the winter residence of Dalai Lamas.
A busy cruise ship and container port, Southampton was the point of departure for the Titanic.
The Shinsegae department store in Haeundae is the biggest in the world.
Mere puiestee (pictured), the "boulevard to the sea" in Sillamäelooks more like a place next to the Black Sea, Lake Geneva or the Mediterranean than in Northern Estonia.
Today you can visit every continent on earth, including Antarctica, by cruise ship.
Individual travel to the Surinamese Rainforest is increasingly possible along the rivers, as villages discover the financial benefits of receiving guests.
The Marennes-Oléron oysters (pictured) are the signature food product of the region around La Tremblade.
The Old Synagogue in Erfurt is the oldest surviving synagogue in Europe.
Belgrade has a museum dedicated to inventor Nikola Tesla.
The iconic clock tower (pictured) is one of the most visible landmarks of Tunis.
In Kandy you can visit the world's first international Buddhist museum.
The UV index provides information about the intensity of the sun rays and, thereby, potential damage from sunlight on a particular day.
Matsue castle keep (pictured) is one of only twelve original castles left in Japan, dating back to 1611.
Gatwick Airportused to be regarded as Heathrow's overflow, but has carved out its own identity.
A world heritage site, the Citadel of Erbil dates back to 6000 years and has been continuously inhabited since its founding.
The Glass Museum of Finland (exhibits pictured) is housed in an old glass factory in Riihimäki.
The highlight of the Silver Museum in Limbaži is an artwork made with more than 30 kg of silver.
The Missouri State Supreme Court Building in Jefferson City was built using funds from the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
Trei Ierarhi Church (pictured) in Iaşi is completely covered in carvings, it was once covered in gold, which was burned away to be stolen.
The political situation in Libya is far from stable and it's not a tourist destination, though the country has great tourism potential.
Sa Pa and its surrounding region is host to many hill tribes, as well as rice terraces (pictured), lush vegetation, and Phan Si Păng , the highest peak in Indochina.
The stereotypical desert is hot, but not all deserts are.
The Basilica of the Annunciation (pictured) in Nazareth is built atop the grotto where, according to Christian tradition, Virgin Mary received the announcement of the imminent birth of Jesus.
Wildlife game abound in south Texas, so Laredo is a popular destination for hunters and fishermen.
The minaret at Qutub Minar in South Delhi was the tallest "skyscraper" in the world when built (1193-1368).
Nanortalik (pictured) is Greenlandic for polar bear place but the chance of seeing any polar bears there these days is small.
In Calamba you can visit the Jose Rizal Shrine, the birthhouse of the Philippine national hero.
The catacombs of the Capuchin convent contain over 8,000 mummified ex-residents from Palermo and its surrounding villages.
The museum Como-Harriet Streetcar Line (pictured) in Southwest Minnapolis used to be part of a much longer streetcar line that ran all the way to Lake Como in Saint Paul.
The westernmost island in Spain, for long time El Hierro was considered the end of the known world.
Black pearls (pictured together with other Tahitian pearls) are the high-end purchase in French Polynesia.
The Burbant Tower in Ath is an imposing Anglo-Normand dungeon, built around 1166 by the Count of Hainaut, Baudouin IV, called "The Builder."
In the Palace Hotel foyer in Kalgoorlie-Boulder you can see the ornately framed Herbert Hoover mirror.
Tutzsäule (pictured) in Klosterneuburg is a Gothic "lantern of the dead", commissioned in 1381 by Michel Tutz after an outbreak of the plague.
Córdoba, Argentina is known by many as La Docta because of its many universities and science institutes.
The Freedom Monument in Riga is one of Latvia's national symbols.
Slyudyanka boasts the world's only railway station entirely built out of marble (pictured).
Bellingham is the northernmost city in the U.S. contiguous 48 states.
Debrecen used to be Europe's largest Calvinist city - it was called "The Calvinist Rome", a heritage that the city's main church reminds of.
Head to the Kariakoo market (pictured) to shop like locals do in Dar es Salaam.
The Ijen Crater near Banyuwangi emits a natural blue fire at night.
Kalkkinen Rapids in Asikkala is one of few major rapids in natural state in southern Finland.
The Easter Island is most famous for its moai (pictured) - enigmatic giant stone statues depicting oversized heads and carved centuries ago.
Riding city bus service is free for women and disabled in Mehsana.
Whiskey-making has spread around the world with the Scottish and Irish diasporas.
Musikfest (a performance pictured), a 10-day music festival held annually every August in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the largest free music festival in the USA.
The most famous, fashionable and expensive Italian ski resort, Cortina d'Ampezzo is nicknamed la Regina delle Dolomiti - the Queen of the Dolomites.
The shifting dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses with the lakes in between are most spectacular at low sun, when a range of shadows come into play.
The tourist railway Train des Mouettes (pictured) between La Tremblade and Saujon is hauled by the oldest working steam locomotive in France.
From the advent of the automotive assembly line to the Motown sound, modern techno and rock music, Detroit continues to shape both American and global culture.
El Alamein is famous for the two Second World War battles fought there in 1942.
Phương Mai peninsula outside Quy Nhon is probably the only place in Vietnam to enjoy kilometres of beach (pictured) in utter solitude.
Ottawa is Canada's largest Francophone city outside of Quebec.
As for other icons of Bavarian culture, many Bavarian dishes are known around the world as "German", though far from all of them are popular throughout Germany.
Mall of Arabia in Dubai's suburbs contains more than 1,000 retail outlets, various attractions, and has its own monorail system.
General Santos is known as the tuna capital of the Philippines.
Karlovo is best known as the birthplace of Vasil Levski (monument pictured), who led the Bulgarian uprising against the Ottoman rule in the late 19th century.
Çankırı, a provincial backwater in Turkey, was the hometown of the great-grandfather of Boris Johnson, British prime minister 2019–22.
In the most difficult winter driving conditions winter tires may not be enough, but tire chains (pictured) or cables should be considered.
Bledug Kuwu mud volcano in Groboganerupts continuously at regular intervals.
Worcester, like many Massachusetts towns and cities, has an historic town common at its center.
The summits of Illiniza (pictured) are also known by the names "man summit" (Illiniza) and "woman summit" (Tioniza).
Highway 4 stretches 1,295 km (805 mi) from Helsinki to Utsjoki, covering almost the full length of Finland from south to north.
Plymouth, the de jure capital of Montserrat, has been covered by 40 feet (over 10 metres) of ash since a volcanic eruption in 1997, earning its nickname "the new Pompeii".
Thomas Foster Memorial (pictured) in Uxbridge, Ontario is a mausoleum built by a wealthy citizen and former mayor of Toronto, designed to replicate the famous Taj Mahal in India.
Western Australia is the world's second largest subnational entity, after the Sakha Republic in Russia (so it's indeed larger than Greenland, Nunavut, or even countries like Mexico).
Pogradec is known for having crisp nights and thus deep sleeps.
Teampall Bheanáin (Benen's Church) in Inis Mór (pictured) is said to be the world's smallest church.
African flora and fauna is a highlight of trips to Africa, especially on visits to the continent's national parks.
Moab lies along the Colorado River and offers excellent opportunities to get out on the river.
The large Narita-san Shinsho-ji Temple (pictured) has a wide assortment of classical Japanese pagodas and halls and a pleasant quasi-European park.
Formerly an important port for banana export, today the pier and train station in Tela have become a museum.
As with the rest of the Oregon Coast, the Tillamook area has a focus on fresh seafood at many establishments.
Statue of Unity, (pictured) the highest statue in the world at 182 m (597 ft), is located in Kevadia.
Hann Park and Zoo in Dakar features a wide variety of Senegalese plant life and the zoo contains over 130 animals.
Two races take place in the winter in Nome; the Iron Dog Snowmobile Race and the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
The old lighthouse (pictured) in Travemünde is the oldest in Germany.
Cork products that range from wallets to umbrellas are iconic souvenirs from Sintra.
The Flame of Peace monument in Timbuktu commemorates the ceremonial burning of 3000 weapons in March 1996, in honor of the end of the Tuareg rebellion.
Hijagang, the Kangla boatyard, houses four traditional Meitei watercrafts (Hiyang Hirens pictured).
Japadog, a hotdog with Japanese toppings, is a Vancouver street food icon, and is sold from carts around town and a shop in the City Centre.
The harbour of Rio de Janeiro is comprised of a unique entry from the ocean that makes it appear as the mouth of a river.
The B.F. Hastings Building (pictured) in Old Sacramento was once the western end of the Pony Express.
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