Are You Better at Geography Than the Average Traveler?

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What Country Is The Eiffel Tower Located In?

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Where Is The Great Barrier Reef Located?

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Which Country Has The Famous Leaning Tower Of Pisa?

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What Ocean Lies Between The USA And Europe?

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Which Country Is Home To The Ancient Pyramids Of Giza?

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What Is The Capital City Of Australia?

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Which Country Do You Visit To See The Taj Mahal?

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Where Would You Find The Famous Colosseum?

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Which Country Is The Amazon Rainforest Mostly Located In?

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What Is The Smallest Country In The World?

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What Is The Capital City Of France?

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Where Would You Find The Statue Of Liberty?

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Which Country Is Home To The City Of Tokyo?

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What Is The Capital City Of The United Kingdom?

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Which Country Would You Visit To See The Acropolis?

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Where Is The Famous Niagara Falls Located?

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Which Continent Is The Country Of Egypt Located On?

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What Is The Capital City Of Canada?

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Which Country Is Home To The Beautiful City Of Barcelona?

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Where Would You Find The Famous Big Ben Clock Tower?

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Which Country Would You Visit To See The Northern Lights?

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What Is The Capital City Of Mexico?

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Which Country Is The Sahara Desert Mostly Located In?

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Where Is The Famous Opera House With A Sail-Shaped Roof?

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Which Country Is Home To The Ancient City Of Machu Picchu?

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What Is The Capital City Of China?

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Which Country Would You Visit To Walk Along The Great Wall?

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Which Country Is Home To The Famous City Of Dublin?

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What Is The Capital City Of Italy?

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Which Country Is Home To The Famous City Of Amsterdam?

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Where Is The Famous Angkor Wat Temple Located?

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What Is The Capital City Of Spain?

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Which Country Is Home To The Stunning City Of Cape Town?

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Which Country Would You Visit To See The Famous Stonehenge?

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Where Would You Find The Famous Statue Of Christ The Redeemer?

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What Is The Capital City Of Japan?

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Where Is The Famous Alhambra Palace Located?

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Which Country Would You Visit To See Victoria Falls?

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What Is The Capital City Of Australia's Neighbor New Zealand?

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Which Country Is Home To The Ancient City Of Petra?

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Which Country Is Home To The Famous City Of Istanbul?

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Where Would You Find The Beautiful City Of Prague?

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What Is The Capital City Of Portugal?

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Which Country Would You Visit To See The Serengeti?

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Where Is The Famous Sagrada Familia Cathedral Located?

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Which Country Is Home To The Beautiful City Of Dubrovnik?

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What Is The Capital City Of Argentina?

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Which Country Would You Visit To See The Pyramids Of Chichen Itza?

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Which Country Is Home To The Famous City Of Vienna?

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Where Would You Find The Beautiful City Of Bruges?

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Which Country Would You Visit To See The Stunning Bora Bora?

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What Is The Capital City Of South Africa?

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Which Country Is Home To The Famous City Of Marrakech?

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Where Is The Stunning Hagia Sophia Museum Located?

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Which Country Would You Visit To See The Stunning Matterhorn?

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What Is The Capital City Of Russia?

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What Is The Capital City Of Greece?

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Where Would You Find The Iconic Burj Khalifa Skyscraper?

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What Is The Capital City Of Brazil?

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Which Country Is Home To The Famous City Of Edinburgh?

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Where Would You Find The Famous CN Tower?

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Which Country Is Home To The Beautiful City Of Lisbon?

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Where Is The Stunning Taj Mahal's Twin, The Humayun's Tomb, Located?

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What Is The Capital City Of South Korea?

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Which Country Is Home To The Stunning City Of Reykjavik?

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Where Would You Find The Beautiful Champs-Élysées Boulevard?

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Which Country Is Home To The Famous City Of Nairobi?

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Where Would You Find The Iconic Golden Gate Bridge?

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France

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Belgium

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Spain

4

Italy

Built in 1889 for the World's Fair, the Eiffel Tower was originally meant to be torn down after 20 years.

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Indonesia

2

New Zealand

3

Australia

4

South Africa

The Great Barrier Reef is so large it can actually be seen from outer space on a clear day.

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Portugal

2

Croatia

3

Greece

4

Italy

The tower started leaning during construction in 1173 because the soil on one side was too soft.

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The Atlantic

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The Indian

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The Arctic

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The Pacific

The Atlantic Ocean gets about 2.5 centimeters wider every single year as tectonic plates slowly drift apart.

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Morocco

2

Egypt

3

Jordan

4

Sudan

The Great Pyramid of Giza held the record as the world's tallest man-made structure for nearly 4,000 years.

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Sydney

2

Melbourne

3

Brisbane

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Canberra

Canberra was purpose-built as the capital in 1913 after Sydney and Melbourne both refused to give up the title.

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India

2

Bangladesh

3

Nepal

4

Pakistan

Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in the 1600s as a breathtaking tribute to his beloved late wife Mumtaz.

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Paris, France

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Rome, Italy

3

Athens, Greece

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Madrid, Spain

The Roman Colosseum could hold up to 80,000 spectators and even had a retractable canvas roof for shade.

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Colombia

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Venezuela

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Peru

4

Brazil

The Amazon produces about 20% of the world's oxygen, which is why it's often called the lungs of the Earth.

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Vatican City

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Liechtenstein

3

San Marino

4

Monaco

Vatican City is smaller than a typical shopping mall and has its own post office, radio station, and pharmacy.

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Bordeaux

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Marseille

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Lyon

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Paris

Paris has been France's capital for over 1,000 years and is visited by 30 million tourists annually.

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Washington D.C.

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New York

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Philadelphia

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Boston

France gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1886 as a symbol of friendship.

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Thailand

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Japan

3

China

4

South Korea

Tokyo is the world's most populous metropolitan area, home to roughly 37 million people.

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London

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Birmingham

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Manchester

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Edinburgh

London has been a major world capital for over 2,000 years, originally founded by the Romans as Londinium.

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Turkey

2

Cyprus

3

Egypt

4

Greece

The Acropolis in Athens has stood for nearly 2,500 years and inspired the design of buildings across America.

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Only In Canada

2

Canada And Alaska

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USA And Mexico

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USA And Canada

Niagara Falls sits right on the border — Canada gets the wider Horseshoe Falls, while the USA has the American Falls.

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Middle East

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Europe

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Africa

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Asia

Egypt sits in northeastern Africa, though the Sinai Peninsula technically crosses into Asia — making it a two-continent country.

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Vancouver

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Ottawa

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Toronto

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Montreal

Ottawa became Canada's capital in 1857 — Queen Victoria herself chose it, partly because it was harder for Americans to attack.

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Portugal

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Spain

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France

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Italy

Barcelona is home to the Sagrada Família church, which architect Antoni Gaudí began in 1882 — it still isn't finished.

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Dublin, Ireland

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Brussels, Belgium

3

London, England

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Paris, France

Big Ben is actually the nickname for the giant bell inside the tower, not the tower itself.

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Norway

2

Switzerland

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Portugal

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Denmark

Norway's Tromsø is one of the best spots on Earth to see the Northern Lights, especially from September to March.

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Mexico City

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Cancún

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Guadalajara

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Monterrey

Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world and was built on the ruins of the ancient Aztec capital Tenochtitlán.

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Libya

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Algeria

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Sudan

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Morocco

Algeria holds the largest share of the Sahara — the desert itself is roughly the size of the entire United States.

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Sydney, Australia

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Dubai, UAE

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Auckland, New Zealand

4

Cape Town, South Africa

The Sydney Opera House took 14 years to build and opened in 1973 — its architect won the Nobel Prize for architecture.

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Peru

2

Chile

3

Ecuador

4

Bolivia

Machu Picchu sits 7,970 feet above sea level in the Andes and was built by the Inca Empire around 1450 AD.

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Shanghai

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Guangzhou

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Beijing

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Hong Kong

Beijing has served as China's capital for over 700 years and is home to the famous Forbidden City palace complex.

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China

2

Mongolia

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Vietnam

4

South Korea

The Great Wall of China stretches over 13,000 miles and took more than 1,000 years to build across many dynasties.

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Wales

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Ireland

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England

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Scotland

Dublin sits on Ireland's east coast and has been a major city since Viking settlers founded it around 841 AD.

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Florence

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Rome

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Milan

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Naples

Rome has been a capital city for over 2,700 years, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited capitals on Earth.

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Switzerland

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Belgium

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The Netherlands

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Denmark

Amsterdam has more canals than Venice — over 100 kilometers of waterways and 1,500 bridges crisscross the city.

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Vietnam

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Thailand

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Indonesia

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Cambodia

Built in the 12th century, Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world, covering over 400 acres.

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Seville

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Valencia

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Madrid

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Barcelona

Madrid sits at the geographic center of Spain and at 2,188 feet above sea level it is the highest capital city in the European Union.

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Tanzania

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South Africa

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Kenya

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Morocco

Cape Town sits beneath the iconic Table Mountain, which has a flat top so distinctive it was used by ancient sailors to navigate.

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France

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England

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Ireland

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Scotland

Stonehenge was built around 3000 BC and some of its massive stones were transported over 150 miles from Wales — nobody knows exactly how.

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Rio De Janeiro

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Santiago

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Lima

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Buenos Aires

Completed in 1931, Christ the Redeemer stands 98 feet tall atop Corcovado Mountain in Brazil.

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Kyoto

2

Osaka

3

Hiroshima

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Tokyo

Tokyo became Japan's capital in 1869 and is now the most populous metropolitan area in the world.

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Seville, Spain

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Lisbon, Portugal

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Granada, Spain

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Marrakech, Morocco

The Alhambra was built by Moorish rulers in the 1300s and is Spain's most visited monument.

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Tanzania

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Ethiopia

3

Kenya

4

Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls, named after Queen Victoria in 1855, is the largest waterfall in the world by total area.

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Auckland

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Queenstown

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Wellington

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Christchurch

Wellington has been New Zealand's capital since 1865 and is the southernmost capital city in the world.

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Israel

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Lebanon

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Turkey

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Jordan

Petra was carved directly into rose-red sandstone cliffs by the Nabataean people over 2,000 years ago.

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Turkey

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Lebanon

3

Egypt

4

Greece

Istanbul sits on two continents at once — part of it is in Europe and part in Asia, making it truly unique.

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Czech Republic

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Hungary

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Austria

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Poland

Prague's Old Town Square has a famous astronomical clock built in 1410 that still chimes today.

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Madrid

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Lisbon

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Porto

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Seville

Lisbon is one of Europe's oldest cities and was almost entirely rebuilt after a massive earthquake destroyed it in 1755.

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Kenya

2

South Africa

3

Tanzania

4

Botswana

Every year nearly two million wildebeest cross the Serengeti in the world's largest land animal migration — a jaw-dropping natural spectacle.

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Paris, France

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Barcelona, Spain

3

Rome, Italy

4

Lisbon, Portugal

Construction on the Sagrada Familia began in 1882 and is still ongoing — it's been under construction for over 140 years.

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Albania

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Montenegro

3

Slovenia

4

Croatia

Dubrovnik's stunning old city walls were famously used as a filming location for King's Landing in Game of Thrones.

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Buenos Aires

2

Montevideo

3

Lima

4

Santiago

Buenos Aires is nicknamed the Paris of South America and is famous for being the birthplace of the tango dance.

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Peru

2

Honduras

3

Mexico

4

Guatemala

Chichen Itza was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007, and over two million people visit it every year.

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Germany

2

Austria

3

Hungary

4

Switzerland

Vienna is Austria's capital and was once the heart of the vast Habsburg Empire for over 600 years.

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Luxembourg

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Belgium

3

Denmark

4

Netherlands

Bruges is nicknamed the Venice of the North because its entire medieval center is laced with canals.

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Fiji

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French Polynesia

3

Hawaii

4

Maldives

Bora Bora belongs to French Polynesia and its famous overwater bungalows were invented there in 1967.

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Cape Town

2

Pretoria

3

Durban

4

Johannesburg

South Africa uniquely has three capitals — Pretoria handles government, Cape Town handles parliament, and Bloemfontein handles courts.

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Algeria

2

Egypt

3

Morocco

4

Tunisia

Marrakech is called the Red City because its buildings are made from local red sandstone and clay.

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Athens, Greece

2

Cairo, Egypt

3

Beirut, Lebanon

4

Istanbul, Turkey

Built in 537 AD, the Hagia Sophia has served as a cathedral, a mosque, a museum, and a mosque again.

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Italy

2

France

3

Switzerland

4

Austria

The Matterhorn straddles the Swiss-Italian border, but the famous Toblerone chocolate shape was inspired by its Swiss side.

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Vladivostok

2

St. Petersburg

3

Moscow

4

Novosibirsk

Moscow's Red Square has been the center of Russian life since the 1400s and was originally called the Beautiful Square.

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Thessaloniki

2

Heraklion

3

Athens

4

Corfu

Athens is one of the world's oldest cities, with recorded history stretching back over 3,400 years.

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Dubai

2

Abu Dhabi

3

Riyadh

4

Doha

Completed in 2010, the Burj Khalifa stands so tall that you can watch the sunset twice — once at ground level and again from the top floor.

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Rio De Janeiro

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São Paulo

3

Salvador

4

Brasília

Most people guess Rio, but Brasília became Brazil's capital in 1960 and was built from scratch in just 41 months in the middle of the country.

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Wales

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Scotland

3

England

4

Ireland

Edinburgh Castle sits on an ancient volcano, and J.K. Rowling wrote much of the first Harry Potter book in the city's cozy cafés during the 1990s.

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Sydney, Australia

2

Toronto, Canada

3

Chicago, USA

4

London, England

Toronto's CN Tower held the record as the world's tallest free-standing structure for over 30 years after opening in 1976.

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Spain

2

Brazil

3

Morocco

4

Portugal

Lisbon is Europe's second-oldest capital city and is famously built across seven hills overlooking the Tagus River.

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Jaipur, India

2

New Delhi, India

3

Agra, India

4

Mumbai, India

Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, built in 1570, directly inspired the design of the Taj Mahal over 70 years later.

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Pyongyang

2

Seoul

3

Busan

4

Incheon

Seoul has been a capital city for over 600 years and is now one of the most technologically advanced cities on Earth.

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Sweden

2

Finland

3

Iceland

4

Norway

Reykjavik is the world's northernmost capital city and runs almost entirely on geothermal energy from Iceland's volcanoes.

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Paris, France

2

Rome, Italy

3

Brussels, Belgium

4

Vienna, Austria

The Champs-Élysées, opened in 1667, stretches nearly two kilometers and is considered one of the most famous streets in the world.

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Tanzania

2

Kenya

3

Uganda

4

Ethiopia

Nairobi is the only capital city in the world with a national park right inside its borders, where lions roam with skyscrapers in the background.

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Seattle, USA

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New York, USA

3

San Francisco, USA

4

Los Angeles, USA

The Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937 and was the world's longest suspension bridge at the time, painted in a color officially called International Orange.

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