Questions tagged [landmarks]
Places that might be of interest to tourists due to notable physical features or historical significance. Prefer more specific tags where relevant. Examples are listed in `tag info`.
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Are the Kinmen Islands visible from Xiamen?
The Kinmen Islands, administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan), are only a few km away from the major Chinese city of Xiamen. The skyscrapers of Xiamen are clearly visible from Kinmen, but is the ...
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White House tour as an Indian tourist ? (Indian Embassy does not help)
Is there any way to get a tour of the White House (other than the POTUS inviting you), if your embassy does not organize any tours into the White House?
Indian Embassy does not organize White House ...
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Help identifying this landmark and road in "Los Angeles 1940s, Residential Area in color"
The NASS video Los Angeles 1940s, Residential Area in color [60fps, Remastered] w/added sound is a processed version of this archived footage.
Starting at about 02:18 a movie camera points backwards ...
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Is the 4 Corners Monument wrong, or is Google Maps wrong?
This is around trying to travel to a specific point. People do this for the tropics, for the Greenwich Meridian, the equator and more.
The 4 Corners monument is meant to be on the corner of Colorado, ...
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Is this image, taken about 1900, actually from Nuremberg?
I'm trying to identify the place (and if possible the building, the church and the fountain) in this image:
The image is labelled as a street in Nuremberg and taken between 1880 and 1912. However, I ...
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Where is this tower, likely photographed in Belgium about 100 years ago?
This photograph is labelled as "restoration of a Belgian tower" and taken between 1920 and 1930, although both pieces of information might be wrong. However, it must have been taken before ...
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Where is there this large rock in the French Riviera?
This came up on my lock screen but it didn't contain any specific location details. I'm trying to find where this is located. All I know is that this photo was taken in the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur)...
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What are the actual rules for legally visiting Stull Cemetery?
The historic cemetery in Stull, Kansas is infamous for alleged connections with the occult - so much, in fact, that it's alleged to be very difficult to visit legally nowadays. Wikipedia observes that ...
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What are these mysterious craters?
Flying over southern Oregon or northern California, I saw these strange shapes. They look like burial mounds but are much much bigger...
Can anyone tell me what they are?
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Visiting Neuschwanstein on December 31
The website states that the Neuschwanstein Castle is closed on December 31st. Will the view points be closed as well? I do not wish to have a guided tour of the inside part of the castle. I would only ...
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What's the least difference in longitude on a flight between a pair of IATA airports?
The obvious partner to this question : What's the 'straightest' east-west flight?:
I flew from CBR - Canberra [35.2809° S, 149.1300° E] to ADL - Adelaide [34.9285° S, 138.6007° E] on Tuesday and ...
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What's the least difference in latitude on a flight between a pair of IATA airports?
I flew from CBR - Canberra [35.2809° S, 149.1300° E] to ADL - Adelaide [34.9285° S, 138.6007° E] on Tuesday and noticed on the inflight map that it was very close to being perfectly west. As you can ...
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What's the difference between the main deck and top deck of the Empire State Building?
Is there a significant difference in these two? Anything special to experience in 102nd floor? I believe the view of both floors don't have a significant difference. Apart from the view what are the ...
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Is there a place to leave backpacks at UN headquarters before its tour?
I'm planning to visit United Nations Headquarters during my NY visit. In the security details page they state that they aren't allowing backpacks and bags larger than 14" (35cm) wide x 13" (33cm) high ...
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In which city is this building with the inscription "domus dei et porta coeli"?
Can anyone let me know where this was taken please?
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