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Berliner Dom
Berliner Dom
Tourist Attractions

Berlin Cathedral (German: Berliner Dom) is the colloquial name for the Evangelical Oberpfarr- und Domkirche (English analogously: Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, literally Supreme...

Kunsthistorisches Museum
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Tourist Attractions

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (English: "Museum of Art History", also often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") in Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, crowned...

San Francisco Botanical Garden
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Tourist Attractions

The San Francisco Botanical Garden (formerly Strybing Arboretum) is a large botanical garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Its 55 acres (22.3 ha) include over 7,500 varieties of...

Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Cities, Tourist Attractions

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area or NCA is a conservation area situated 180 km (112 miles) west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. The conservation area is administered by...

The Castro
The Castro
Tourist Attractions

The Castro District, commonly known as The Castro, (coined by gay activist speaker Neil Davendra Vyas) is within Eureka Valley in San Francisco, California. It is widely considered the...

Giza pyramid complex
Giza pyramid complex
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The Giza Plateau is a plateau that is located in Giza, Egypt. The famous Giza Necropolis is located in this geographical area, which is characterized by a sandy, desert climate and terrain...

Pinacoteca di Brera
Pinacoteca di Brera
Tourist Attractions

The Pinacoteca di Brera ("Brera Art Gallery") is an art collection in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings, an outgrowth of the cultural program of...

Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna
Tourist Attractions

Suomenlinna, until 1918 Viapori (Finnish), or Sveaborg (Swedish), is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands (Kustaanmiekka, Susisaari, Iso-Mustasaari, Pikku-Mustasaari...

Chamberlin Observatory
Chamberlin Observatory
Tourist Attractions

Chamberlin Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of Denver. It is located in Denver, Colorado (USA) in Observatory Park. It is named for Humphrey B...

La Rambla
La Rambla
Tourist Attractions

La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona, popular with both tourists and locals alike. A 1.2 kilometer-long tree-lined pedestrian mall between Barri Gòtic and El Raval, it connects Plaça...

Queen Elizabeth Park
Queen Elizabeth Park
Tourist Attractions

Queen Elizabeth Park is a municipal park located in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Little Mountain (elevation approximately 168 metres or 550 feet above sea level). Its surface was scarred...

Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo Barberini
Tourist Attractions

Palazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome, central Italy, on the piazza of the same name in Rione Trevi. The sloping site had formerly been occupied by a garden-vineyard of the Sforza family, in...

Ming Dynasty Tombs
Ming Dynasty Tombs
Tourist Attractions

The Ming Dynasty Tombs (Chinese: 明朝十三陵; pinyin: Míng cháo shí sān líng; lit. Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty) are located some 50 kilometers due north of urban Beijing at a specially...

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Tourist Attractions

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland. The building houses one of Europe's great civic art collections. Since its refurbishment the museum is the most...

Mount Meru
Mount Meru
Tourist Attractions

Mount Meru is an active stratovolcano located 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Mount Kilimanjaro in the nation of Tanzania. At a height of 4,566 metres (14,980 ft), it is still visible from Mt...

Castello Sforzesco
Castello Sforzesco
Tourist Attractions

Castello Sforzesco (English: Sforza Castle) is a castle in Milan, Italy, that used to be the seat and residence of the ruling family of Milan and now houses several of the city's museums and...

Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park
Tourist Attractions

Phoenix Park (Irish: Páirc an Fhionn-Uisce) is the largest enclosed urban park in Europe located 3 km to the north west of Dublin city centre in Ireland. It measures 707 hectares (1,750...

Jurong BirdPark
Jurong BirdPark
Tourist Attractions

The Jurong Bird Park (Chinese: 裕廊飞禽公园; Malay: Taman Burung Jurong; Tamil: ஜுரோங் பறவை பூங்கா), is a tourist attraction in Singapore managed by Wildlife Reserves Singapore. It is a landscaped...

Conservatory of Flowers
Conservatory of Flowers
Tourist Attractions

The Conservatory of Flowers is a large botanical greenhouse in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, constructed in 1878. It houses an important collection of exotic plants. It is the oldest...

Wat Pho
Wat Pho
Tourist Attractions

Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhlaram Ratchaworamahawihan (Thai: วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลารามราชวรมหาวิหาร), or the former name Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์), also known as The Temple of the...

National Museum of Finland
National Museum of Finland
Tourist Attractions

The National Museum of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Kansallismuseo, Swedish: Finlands nationalmuseum) presents Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural...

Strasbourg Cathedral
Strasbourg Cathedral
Tourist Attractions

Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg, German: Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in...

Besseggen
Besseggen
Tourist Attractions

Besseggen, or Besseggi, is a mountain ridge in Vågå kommune in Oppland county. Besseggen lies east in Jotunheimen, between the lakes Gjende and Bessvatnet. The walk over Besseggen is one of...

Burrell Collection
Burrell Collection
Tourist Attractions

The Burrell Collection is an art collection in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated in Pollok Country Park on the south side of the city. The collection was put together over many...

Smith Tower
Smith Tower
Tourist Attractions

The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, USA. Completed in 1914, the tower is named after its builder, firearm and typewriter magnate...

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