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Leavenworth, Washington, was a former logging town in decline when, in 1962, a committee of local business people and residents sought to revitalize the community by remodeling the downtown area in the style of a traditional Bavarian village, with the aim of turning around its fortunes with tourism income. While Leavenworth had no real historical connections to Germany, its location Read more...

The Elephant and Castle district of London is named after an 18th century public house and coaching inn of the same name that became a notable landmark because of its location near a major road intersection in the area. The inn was rebuilt in 1816 and in 1898, and ultimately demolished in 1959. A new pub called the Elephant and Read more...

The New Orleans Saints NFL football team plays its home games at Caesars Superdome (formerly Mercedes-Benz Superdome) in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. The Superdome has been home to the Saints since 1975, having previously played for eight seasons at Tulane University’s now-demolished Tulane Stadium. The Saints played their first regular-season game of the 1975 NFL season Read more...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, or WHOI, is an American private, non-profit marine science research facility that undertakes studies of the physical, chemical, and biological features of the ocean environment. It was established in 1930 on Cape Cod, in the village of Woods Hole near Falmouth, Massachusetts, from where it operates laboratories, oceangoing research vessels, and runs marine science post-doctoral research Read more...

Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth has a seasonal ban on dogs from 15 May to 30 September between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm daily, but is dog-friendly at all other times. Cornwall Council enforces the ban and may issue a £100 fixed penalty notice to people found in charge of a dog on the beach during prohibited periods. Read more...

The Butchart Gardens floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay on Victoria Island, British Columbia, were started in 1906 by Jennie Butchart on the site of a former limestone quarry operated by her husband, Robert Pim Butchart. Read more...

Vancouver’s Stanley Park is named after Lord Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, the British politician who served as Governor General of the Dominion of Canada from 1888 to 1893. After Vancouver was incorporated as a city in 1886, the city council negotiated to lease what was then a 405-hectare (or 1,001-acre) military reserve from the Dominion government to create Read more...

The townsite of Banff, Alberta, has an elevation of 1,383 metres (or 4,537 feet) above sea level. Located in the Rocky Mountains, its elevation makes Banff the highest town in Canada. However, the hamlet of Lake Louise, Alberta, is higher at 1,540 metres (or 5,053 feet). Read more...

The New York Islanders NHL ice hockey team plays its home games at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, some 20 miles (or 32 kilometers) east of Manhattan. Situated next to the Belmont Park horse racing facility, the newly-built arena opened in November 2021 and the Islanders played their inaugural home game there against the Calgary Flames. Previously, the they Read more...

The Monument to the Sardana in Barcelona’s Sants-Montjuïc district is by Spanish sculptor Josep Cañas, located at plaça de la Sardana near Montjuïc castle. It depicts eight dancers carved from Ulldecona limestone, holding hands held aloft in a circle, performing the traditional Catalan dance la sardana. In the centre, a rock from Montserrat mountain symbolises personal belongings such as bags Read more...

WNYU-FM is a student-run college radio station owned by New York University, broadcasting to the New York metropolitan area on FM at 89.1 MHz between 4 pm and 1 am weekdays and streaming online 24 hours a day. The station shares the 89.1 FM frequency with WFDU, Farleigh Dickinson University’s radio station, under a shared-time agreement with the FCC, which Read more...

Actor Michael K Williams was found dead, aged 54, in his penthouse apartment at the Schaefer Landing North condo building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on September 6th, 2021. The cause of his death is believed to be a heroin overdose and he had previously spoken in interviews about his history of drug use. Williams, a native of Brooklyn, rose to prominence Read more...

The American city of Vancouver, Washington, is not named after the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. However, both cities are named after British naval officer Captain George Vancouver who led the expedition between 1791 and 1795 to chart North America’s northwestern Pacific Coast regions. The American city is older than its Canadian counterpart, having been incorporated as the city Read more...

The Fox affiliate television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, is WVUE, broadcasting on virtual channel 8. Branded as Fox 8, WVUE broadcasts from studios on Norman C Francis Parkway (formerly Jefferson Davis Parkway) in the Gert Town neighborhood of New Orleans, via a transmitter located some 9 miles to the east at 601 Magistrate Street in Chalmette, Louisiana. Read more...

Dubai is not a country but is a city and capital of the Emirate of Dubai, located on the southeast coast of the Arabian Gulf. Dubai is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, or UAE. The UAE is a country, with each of its constituent emirates governed by a Sheikh, who together form the Read more...

The Tampa Bay Lightning NHL ice hockey team plays its home games at the Amalie Arena (formerly Tampa Bay Times Forum) in the Channelside District of Downtown Tampa, Florida. The Lightning moved to the newly-built arena, initially named the Ice Palace, in 1996. In their inaugural ice hockey game at the arena, they beat the New York Rangers by 5-2. Read more...

The upper observation deck on the 148th floor SKY level of the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai is 555 meters (or 1,821 feet) high. The lower level At The Top observation decks on the 124th and 125th floors at 456 meters (or 1,496 feet) high feature a virtual reality enhanced viewing experience through electronic telescopes. Advance ticket booking advisable to Read more...

CKUW radio at the University of Winnipeg broadcasts to the campus and wider community in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba on 95.9 MHz FM, Bell MTS Channel 713, and streaming online. It broadcasts from studios above the 4th floor Buffeteria in Centennial Hall, and transmits from an antenna on top of the Seven Evergreen Place apartment tower in Osborne Village. Read more...

The Coquihalla Summit is a high mountain pass on British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway, between the towns of Hope and Merritt in the Cascade mountains. Located along the highway some 50 kilometres (or 31 miles) north of Hope, the summit is marked by a roadside sign which displays the elevation, but there is no stopping point. With an elevation of 1,244 Read more...

The highest part of British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway is the Surrey Lake Summit at an elevation of 1,444 metres (or 4,737 feet). Located between Kamloops and the town of Merrit, the summit is marked by a roadside sign which also displays the elevation. It was also previously known as the Clapperton Creek Summit. Read more...