The Teleferico (pictured) of Mérida is the world's highest cable car.
The Giraffe Centre outside Nairobi breeds the endangered Rothschild giraffe, and visitors can feed and touch them.
There are only two B-52 bombers on public display outside the US, one is in the Aviation Heritage Centre in Darwin.
The Brihadeshwara temple (pictured) in Thanjavur features two live elephants to bless the pilgrims.
Madison has consistently been rated among America's most bicycle-friendly cities.
In Chongqing you can ride the longest single escalator in Asia.
Morgan Square (pictured), Spartanburg's primary downtown hub, is the original courthouse village of the city.
Inhabited since the eighth millennium BCE, Rum has provided some of the earliest archaeological evidence of human occupation in Scotland.
Wa has a significant chameleon population; individual chameleons can often be found crossing roads.
The fire inside the Zoroastrian Fire Temple Atashkadeh (pictured) in Yazdhas supposedly been burning since 470 CE.
Greenlandic formerly used a unique numeral system where the toes and fingers were used to count to 20 which would be inuk naallugu or a complete human.
Alajuela was the hometown of Juan Santamaría, the Costa Rican national hero.
Vava'u is a good destination for whale-watching (pictured) — you may even hear the whales sing.
Nkhata Bay is home to the Tonga people who are famed for their love of fine clothing.
Nassau was once a popular pirates' den, and even a self-proclaimed "Privateers Republic”.
The town of Flores is an island (pictured) on Lago Petén Itzá, connected to land by a causeway.
Halloumi is a uniquely Cypriotcheese, often served grilled.
Jodensavanne, a historic settlement of Sephardic Jews, is one of the main cultural heritage sights in Suriname.
The NEWBORN monument (pictured) in Pristina gets a new paint scheme every year.
Petrol prices in Kuwait are among the lowest in the world and most of the time it's cheaper than water.
The courthouse and post office in the center of Victoria have been virtually unchanged since colonial times.
At La Brea Pitch Lake in Point Fortin, bitumen wells up from deep underground (pictured).
Kinshasa is a major cultural and intellectual center for Central Africa.
The Pearl Trail in Muharraq is a self-guided walking tour connecting the 17 historic buildings included in the UNESCO listing.
The little picturesque fort (pictured) in Cacheu has a dark history: it was used to ship slaves to the Americas.
At the ChişinăuSouvenir Bazaar one can find hand made crafts, paintings and relics from the Soviet days.
In Iquitos you can visit an Amazonian manatee (sea cow) orphanage.
Santa Maria la Menor Cathedral (inside view pictured) in Santo Domingo was the first cathedral built in the Americas.
At the clothes market in Zinder chances are you might see the logo of your own college or high school on a shirt.
Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans.
Mediana (pictured) outside Niš is the birthplace of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great.
Taveuni is one of the few places where the 180th meridian crosses land.
Founded sometime in the 5th century BC, Tangier has been part of all major empires in the region throughout history.
Gulangyu (pictured) is sometimes called "Piano Island" as there have been pianos on the island since the first foreign residents arrived in the 1840s.
New York City's influence on the globe is hard to overstate, as decisions made within its boundaries often have impacts and ramifications across the world.
Honiara contains a wealth of World War Two sites: most of the hills in the Honiara area were the sites of fierce battles.
In Boise, if you are bold, you can ring the bell at the foot of the state Capitol (pictured) steps.
Nevis Peak, the top of a dormant volcano, is an attraction to hikers and nature buffs.
For many years Dakar was the end point of the most important off-road rally in the world.
A well-known specialty from Linz is the Linzer Torte (pictured).
In Tsuyama, the Tsuyama Cherry Blossom Festival (pictured) features an impressive 5,000 cherry trees, and is known in Okayama prefecture as the best place to view cherry blossoms.
St. Louis Union Station is where the classic photo of Harry Truman holding the newspaper with the incorrect "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" headline was taken.
In Aqaba you can find the world's oldest purpose-built Christian church.
Asmara's main attraction is its colonial Italian architecture (teatro d'opera pictured).
Karakoram Highway features the highest border crossing in the world.
Duisburg is home to the German Inland Waterways Museum and Europe's largest inland harbour.
Visitors often see the architecture of Curaçao (houses in Willemstad pictured) as a colorful version of Amsterdam.
During the carnival in Bergen op Zoom, the city is renamed "Krabbegat", which means "crab hole".
Prince Rupert holds the title of rainiest city in Canada, with about 2,500 mm of precipitation annually.
Rua da Banana (pictured) in Cidade Velha is Africa's oldest European-built street.
Radom is one of the most inexpensive cities in the whole of Poland, offering very low prices in the services sector.
In Tsuyama, there is a cosmetic shop owned by the mother of a rock star. You can meet her and look through family albums of her famous son.
The Travels of Marco Polo (mosaic portrait pictured) was the first account of a journey to the East to be widely publicized in Europe.
Covered in vegetable fields and greenhouses, Reichenau is sometimes known as the "vegetable island".
Oslo, with its approximately 453 square kilometres, is one of the largest capitals in the world by area.
Originally a backpacker hotspot but now upmarket, Ao Nang is the most "Westernized" beach in Krabi (the beach front shopping district pictured).
Joensuu's bunker museum consists of several models of concrete bunkers fully equipped with original WWII guns and gear.
Kedah is nicknamed "The Rice Bowl of Malaysia" because of the vast paddy plantation along the western plain of the state.
Revere Beach (pictured) is the oldest public beach in the United States of America.
In the Caribbean, a volcanic part of the world, there are many places called "Soufriere" (French for sulfur).
Unlike most Pacific islands, on Niue (pictured), there aren't long, sandy beaches, only tiny, secluded, white sand beaches that might be yours for the whole day.
Homer is named after Homer Pennock, a con man who led an expedition to the area in search of gold. They found coal instead.
Although it has gained the stereotype of being very wet, rainfall levels in Manchesterare actually less than the UK average.
Luxembourg (pictured) has historically been an inconquerable fortress, which led it to be nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the North".
Some Tokelauan-branded New Zealand dollars have been produced, but they are hard to find.
Oklahoma is at the epicenter of United States' infamous "tornado alley"
A video recording is a good, possibly even the best, way of capturing the ambiance of a place.
In Swaziland, between December and March, you can try the traditional beverage marula.
Tietê bus terminal (inside view pictured) in Sao Paulo is the second largest terminal in the world, hence an enormous building.
The Paro Valley is wide and verdant and is recognized as one of the most beautiful in all Bhutan.
Kumasi is widely regarded as the cultural cradle of Ghana.
There has been a settlement on the hill at Lausanne (pictured) since at least the stone age.
Forillon National Park may be small in size, but there's a mind-boggling diversity of landscapes packed into it.
A local specialty of Kunming is "Over-the-Bridge Rice Noodles".
Point Pinos Light (pictured) in Pacific Grove the oldest working lighthouse on the U.S. West Coast.
Confusingly, several incompatible district systems are used in Prague.
The longest pedestrian tunnel in the world goes under the Kiel Canal in Rendsburg.
Dambulla's cave temple is made up of caves containing well conserved statues and paintings (pictured).
Icelandic retains the full set of conjugations and declensions that Old Norse had.
Australia has almost a quarter of all the slot machines in the world.
The massive, solid blocks of a stone not indigenous to the flat plateau give rise to Tiwanaku's nickname, "the Stonehenge of the Americas" (Gate of the Sun pictured)
Cedar Point is one of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks, having begun in the year 1870 as a beach resort on the shore of Lake Erie.
In Rome, most pizza restaurants serve it only in the evening.
Svalbard (pictured) is the northernmost tip of Europe and most of its settlements are the northernmost permanently inhabited spots on the planet.
A visa allows an alien to travel to present themself to an immigration officer but does not automatically guarantee entry.
Exporting sand, seashells or coral from the Maldives is forbidden.
Berjaya Times Square Theme Park in Kuala Lumpur is notable for its hair-raising seven-story indoor roller coaster (pictured).
For tourists, Antarctica is accessible only during the Austral summer season from November to March.
Edinburgh Castle in the Old Town of Edinburgh has been continuously in use for 1000 years and is in excellent condition.
Dresden (pictured) is often called Elbflorenz, or "Florence on the Elbe", reflecting its riverine location and its role as a centre for arts and beautiful architecture - much like Florence in Italy.
Crookston is home to the world's largest ox-cart, and the original Happy Joe's Pizzeria.
The Livingstone-Stanley Monument near Bujumburais actually not the spot where Stanley said "Dr Livingstone, I presume”.
A major attraction in Dandong is North Korea, more specifically that you can see it (pictured) from there.
In ancient times, Poros was considered the island of Poseidon, Greek god of the sea.
One attraction in Nahanni National Park Reserve is Rabbitkettle Hotsprings, source of the largest known tufa mounds (limestone formations) in Canada.
Technically, Marina Bay (pictured) is the body of water created by reclaiming land around the mouth of the Singapore River.
Kassel is known primarily for the documenta, an art exhibition that happens there every five years.
Dieppe is the nearest beach to Paris, lively all year round.
A popular form of accommodation on Bora Bora are overwater bungalows (pictured).
Cardiff has a reputation as a city of castles, having 5 different castles within its surroundings.
If you like beer and are visiting Sapporo, try tasting different Sapporo Beer variants in the local beer museum.
One of the unique features of Guanajuato is its extensive tunnel network (an entrance pictured).
Distances between cities and towns in the Russian Far Eastare huge, and most of the region is roadless.
Contrary to popular perception, Goa is not an island.
Many postcards of New Caledonia feature the wooden round houses (pictured) of the Tjibaou Cultural Centre just outside Noumea.
The Footsteps of the Sun near Isla del Sol are a set of natural — or maybe supernatural — impressions in rock.
Many of the local bars and eateries in Lido have a "where everybody knows your name" family feel.
Where there are large rocks there is bound to be an "Elephant Rock", and Al-Ula also has its own (pictured).
You can find some empty, unused tunnels under Cincinnati, stemming from a 1920s subway project that was canceled due to lack of funding.
In the early Middle Ages, Canterbury became known by the Anglo-Saxon name of Cantwarebyrig, meaning "fortress of the men of Kent".
During the annual chocolate festival in Dunedin, 40000 Jaffa cookies are rolled down Baldwin Street (pictured), the world’s steepest street.
The vastness of the Sahara desert is comparable to the surface area of the United States of America or China.
Situated across New York Harbor from Manhattan, Staten Island may seem like it's in an entirely different world.
The vegetarian cuisine of Udupi(pictured) is famous all over India and among Indians abroad.
Fukuoka is a good starting point for first-time visitors to Japan. Being a sizable, modern city it's still not hard to get around.
The Phoenician ruins (pictured) at Kerkouane are probably the only of their kind to survive.
Auckland has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world.
Ngoketunjia consists of 13 villages, whose names all start with the letters "Ba".
Oaxaca’s streets (pictured) have a very tranquil and organic feel to them.
In Abu Dhabi only restaurants located in hotels are allowed to serve alcohol.
Panama has a lot more indigenous culture than some other countries in the region.
Situated on a hill next to the river Meuse, the citadel (pictured) is the biggest tourist attraction of Namur.
From 1932 to 1990 Nizhny Novgorod was known as Gorky (Го́рький), after the writer Maxim Gorky.
Seoul is practically a collection of cities that happen to be bunched together, each with its own central business and commercial districts.
Calling Paramakatoi (pictured) a place to "get away" would be a great understatement.
Apart from the grand nature, Skjolden is known for Ludwig Wittgenstein's lodge.
The story goes that Surabaya’s name derives from the Javanese words Suro, meaning shark, and Boyo, meaning crocodile.
In Maasai Mara National Reserve you can go on a hot air balloon safari and see the sun rising above the wildlife and the magnificent landscapes (pictured).
The Empire Theatre on Block Island is like stepping into a movie theatre time machine.
Ulm Federal Fortifications are the largest preserved fortifications in Germany.
In Kyzyl you can visit the Centre of Asia (pictured).
Short of Pyongyang, Ashgabat is probably the best example of what happens when a city gets redesigned according to the vision of exactly one man.
One common treat in Honduras is macheteada, a tortilla filled with sweet, sugary, flour and sugar.
The 15th Meridian East runs through Görlitz and defines Central European Standard Time (Meridian marker pictured)
Galdhøpiggen is the highest mountain in Europe north of the Alps.
Liberal, Kansas, was named for the early day settlers who were "liberal" with the scarce supply of water.
Georgia has one of the oldest wine-making traditions in the world (3 Georgian wines pictured).
Borneo is the third largest non-continental island in the world.
Louisville International Airport is "International" in name only — there are no longer any non-stop flights to any location outside the U.S.
Chobe National Park is home to a large number of Kalahari elephants (pictured).
Black Sea Turkey is a humid and verdant region renowned for its natural beauty.
Sandefjord features several sights related to whaling.
The “waterfall” (pictured) at Hierve el Agua is made of rock, not water.
Brunei is home to several shipwrecks, interesting to explore for scuba divers.
Many scenes from the movie Australia were filmed in the area surrounding Kununurra.
The Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre is a cemetery for over 250,000 victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
Marijuana is legal and often found growing freely alongside the road in North Korea.
In business since 1869, Mercado Público Central (pictured) in Porto Alegrefeatures more than 100 stalls where local produce, products and spices are sold, as well as several restaurants.
Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area.
Charles Town was named for Charles Washington, brother of George Washington.
Literally "Fiery Mountain", Gunung Merapi (pictured) is the most active volcano in all Indonesia, having erupted at least 68 times since 1548.
Haridwar is a purely vegetarian town, and alcohol is banned there as well.
The Bay of Kotor is the deepest natural fjord in the Mediterranean Sea and the scenery around it is spectacular (pictured).
45 minutes ahead of New Zealand time; the International Date Line jogs eastward to keep the Chatham Islands on the same calendar day as the rest of New Zealand.
Coffee is one of the world's most popular drinks, with significant cultural variations.
An attraction in Baker, California is the tallest thermometer in the world (pictured).
Thredbo is probably the closest thing Australia has to an alpine village.
The gold-covered altars of Ouro Branco’s Matriz de Santo Antônio are fine examples of baroque style.
Hamilton (pictured) is infamous for having mainly one-way streets throughout its downtown core.
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