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The tall Coast Douglas-fir tree known as Big Lonely Doug is located some 11 kilometers (or 7 miles) north of Port Renfrew in southwest Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The 1,000-year-old tree can be reached on foot via a short trail off the Edinburgh Main logging road. On the Gordon River Main road from Port Renfrew, a right turn on Read more...

To reach Rockland Breakwater in Rockland, Maine, follow Main Street / US Route 1 north of Rockland, turning onto Waldo Avenue at the ‘Breakwater Lighthouse’ sign, and then right onto Samoset Road, continuing to the end where there is a small parking area. A short trail leads from there through Marie H Reed Breakwater Park to the start of the Read more...

American artist, designer and sculptor Isamu Noguchi’s red Cube sculpture is located at Broadway and Liberty Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. Officially called The Cube, the red 28-foot- (or 8.5-meter-) high steel and aluminium rhombohedron, perched on its corner with a cylindrical hole punched through its center, was installed in the public plaza opposite Zuccotti Park (formerly Liberty Plaza Park) Read more...

The city of Houston, Texas, is named after Sam Houston, an American general and statesman who became the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1837, after the territory’s declaration of independence from Mexico. In 1836, brothers John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen purchased the land to establish the townsite that became Houston, naming it after General Houston, Read more...

George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, was previously called Houston Intercontinental Airport from 1969 until 1997. It was renamed in honor of George H W Bush, the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and also a member of the US House of Representatives representing Texas’s 7th congressional district. He and his wife, Barbara, settled in Read more...

The Q train on the New York City Subway uses the Manhattan Bridge to cross the East River between Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn. Known as the Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express, the service operates at all times between 96th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The immediate stops either side of the Manhattan Read more...

The Navy’s Annual Bay Bridge Run and Walk follows a 4-mile (or 6.4 kilometer) route, starting at 8 am on Park Boulevard between the Hilton San Diego Bayfront and the San Diego Convention Center. The USAT&F-sanctioned route follows Harbor Drive to Cesar E Chavez Parkway before turning east on National Avenue to join the Coronado Bridge, which is closed to Read more...

American actor and comedian Bob Saget was found dead, aged 65, in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton Grand Lakes, Orlando, Florida, on 9th January, 2022. Known for his role as single dad Danny Tanner on the sitcom “Full House” in the 1980s and 90s, and later as host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” he was in Florida as part Read more...

A weekly market is held in Vrijdagmarkt square in Ghent, Belgium, every Friday morning from 7:30 am, and up to 30 minutes earlier in summer months. The Dutch name Vrijdagmarkt translates as ‘Friday Market’ and it is a weekly tradition that started in 1199 in this large square, one of the oldest in Ghent. Stallholders sell a variety of fresh Read more...

The 2.5 mile- (or 4 kilometer-) long Silver Queen Gondola ride takes approximately 14 minutes from the Gondola Plaza in downtown Aspen to the Sundeck Restaurant at an elevation of 11,210 feet (or 3,417 meters) on Aspen Mountain. Opened in December 1986, with upgraded 6-passenger cabins added in 2006, the Silver Queen Gondola is open both in winter and summer Read more...

Guests may take water into Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View provided it is in a single factory-sealed plastic bottle no bigger than one gallon (or 4 liters), but alcohol or any other beverage is not permitted. Entry with empty aluminium or plastic water bottles is allowed, which can be filled at water refill stations by the main restrooms. Glass containers Read more...

The corporate headquarters of upscale organic food supermarket Whole Foods Market, Inc are located at Bowie Street and West 6th Street in downtown Austin, Texas. Based at the site since 2005, Whole Foods expanded its Austin corporate campus in 2021 with the construction of a second office building across the street. In addition to housing the company’s global support offices, Read more...

The main rivers running through Fort Collins, Colorado, are the Cache la Poudre River and one of its tributaries, Spring Creek. Also called the Poudre River, its original French name of Cache à la Poudre translates as “cache of powder”. The name is said to date from 1836 when a group of passing French fur trappers were caught in a Read more...

Baylor University in Waco, Texas, operates a dry campus, prohibiting the possession, use, and distribution of alcohol, or being under the influence of an alcoholic beverage while on campus, including all extension campuses. Baylor’s restriction on alcohol policy also extends to prohibiting students and employees from being under the influence of alcohol at off-campus University-related activities. The university defines an Read more...

Hume Park in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, is named after Fred Hume, the city’s mayor between 1933 and 1942. As mayor of New Westminster, Fred Hume was instrumental in instigating the development of the green space alongside the Brunette River, then called Brunette Park, for recreational use. Hume later moved to West Vancouver and was elected mayor of the Read more...

Sweden’s national radio service, Swedish Radio (in Swedish: Sveriges Radio) or SR, is based at Radiohuset (translated as ‘Radio House’) on Oxenstiernsgatan in the Kvarteret Förrådsbacken area of Stockholm’s Östermalm district. Radiohuset serves as the headquarters of SR and houses editorial and administrative offices, along with studios and SR’s music archive, the Grammofonarkivet. Much of SR’s output on national radio Read more...

Santiago is the capital city of the Republic of Chile, the country’s largest city by population and a centre of cultural, political, and economic activity. Santiago was named the capital in 1818 after Chile declared its independence from the Spanish Empire. Despite its capital status, the legislative branch of the Chilean government, the National Congress of Chile, is based in Read more...

Three men died during construction of the initial Harbour Bridge structure in Auckland, New Zealand, between 1956 and 1959, all killed in falls from the bridge. A memorial plaque mounted on a pedestal beneath the bridge at Stokes Point on the North Shore names the men who lost their lives. Crossing Waitematā Harbour between Auckland’s Saint Marys Bay and Northcote Read more...

The iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada sign is located on South Las Vegas Boulevard at the south end of the strip near the airport, about a 12-minute walk beyond Mandalay Bay. The famous 1950s-style sign is a popular spot for a photo opportunity and there is dedicated parking nearby in the central median of South Las Vegas Boulevard, Read more...

The nearest hotels to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire, are Homewood Suites by Hilton Manchester/Airport and SpringHill Suites by Marriott Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, two hotels located opposite each other 1.6 miles from the terminal, around 5 minutes by car. Other hotels located within seven miles of Manchester Airport include: Super 8 by Wyndham Manchester Airport Holiday Inn Manchester Read more...