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The New York City Marathon starts from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The 26.2-mile (or 42.2-kilometer) marathon route passes through all five boroughs of New York City before finishing in Manhattan’s Central Park. It is usually held annually on the first Sunday in November and is the world’s largest marathon by participation. Read more...
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The Port Elizabeth Campanile memorial tower has 204 steps leading up to the observation room, and it was made more accessible during refurbishment in 2017 with the addition of a lift. The 53-metre-high, nine-floor tower, located between the railway station and the port, was opened in 1923 to commemorate the landing of British settlers in South Africa in 1820. Long Read more...
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Ewloe Castle was built by native Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd after he captured the lands forming most of modern-day Flintshire from the English Crown in 1257. It is thought that the castle may have built upon earlier fortification work by his grandfather, Llywelyn the Great, and great-grandfather, Owain Gwynedd. The castle’s life was short and it was abandoned after Read more...
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Father Francis Patrick Duffy was a Canadian-American Catholic priest and military chaplain, recognized for his service during World War I on the Western Front in France. Duffy served on the battlefield as part of the Rainbow Division, helping to recover many injured soldiers, and became the most decorated cleric in the US Army. He was later pastor of Manhattan’s Holy Read more...
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A bronze bust of Catalan painter Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, mounted on a marble plinth, is located on the Pine Walk in Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca. Barcelona-born Anglada Camarasa was prominent in the Post-Impressionism art movement, and moved to Mallorca in 1914, marking a shift in his work towards painting landscapes. He lived in Puerto Pollensa for many years, except for a Read more...
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American businesswoman, writer, and media personality Martha Stewart’s childhood home is on Elm Place in Nutley, New Jersey. Born Martha Helen Kostyra in 1941, she moved with her family from Jersey City to Nutley when she was three years old and attended Yantacaw School before graduating from Nutley High School in 1959. Martha Stewart was inducted into the Nutley Hall Read more...
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American actor and musician River Phoenix died, aged 23, in the early hours of October 31st, 1993, at The Viper Room nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. He stopped at the club on the evening before his death to perform with the band P, and reportedly became unwell after taking cocaine and heroin at the venue. He Read more...
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Sixteen men died during the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge between 1923 and 1932. Seven were employed on the bridge structure itself, of whom two died falling from the bridge, seven worked at associated workshops, and two died in accidents at the rock quarries in Moraya supplying granite for the bridge pylons. Many more workers were left with injuries Read more...
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The Sixth Street Viaduct bridge between the Boyle Heights neighborhood and the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles, California, was demolished in 2016 because of concern about its ability to withstand a major earthquake event. Constructed in 1932, the condition of the iconic arched concrete bridge over the Los Angeles River was deteriorating because of an alkali-silica reaction caused by Read more...
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Donner Lake water temperature varies from winter lows in February of around 40°F, to 72°F in summer, (or 4.5°C to 22.2°C). Located just west of Truckee, California, Donner Lake is at its warmest in August, ranging between 65 and 72 °F (or 18.3 and 22.2°C), although these water temperatures are still considered cold and swimmers should be mindful of the Read more...
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Fox Island, Washington was given its present name in 1841 by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, commander of the United States Exploring Expedition, after the expedition’s assistant surgeon, Lieutenant John Laurence Fox. Long before white settlers arrived at Fox Island in the mid-19th century, Native Americans had used the island seasonally, calling it Bu-ta-u or Bu Teu. Read more...
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The bridge to Fox Island, Washington, crosses the Hale Passage between the island and mainland at Artondale on the Kitsap Peninsula. Opened on August 28th, 1954, the 1,950-foot-long bridge replaced a ferry service across the channel and provides the only road access on to and off Fox Island, with an estimated average of 6,800 vehicles crossing daily. The bridge is Read more...
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Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, requires visitors to wear clothing appropriate for a place of worship. This means modest dress with no exposed shoulders, upper arms and midriff. Skirts, dresses, and shorts should extend below the knees. Large bags, backpacks and luggage cannot be taken into the basilica. Read more...
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Toronto Pearson International Airport is named after Lester B Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada. Officially known as Toronto – Lester B Pearson International Airport, it is Canada’s largest airport and was renamed in honour of Pearson in January 1984, having previously been simply Toronto International Airport. Pearson, who was born in York, Ontario, won the Noble Peace Prize Read more...
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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...
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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...
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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, they played Read more...
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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...
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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...
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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...