Questions tagged [where-on-earth]
For questions about location of specific place or location of longest/highest/biggest/the most... place/thing on Earth.
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From what point could you view the most countries?
A fairly simple question: from what single point could you see the most countries? It seems like it should be a popular tourist attraction.
This question lists 157 tripoints, however, there's also an ...
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From what point on the earth's surface could you view the most UK counties?
Investigating from where you could view the most UK counties is what prompted my previous question on the US - I know you can view up to eight counties from the Malvern Hills, and a number of travel ...
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From what point could you view the most US states?
A fairly simple question: from what single point could you see the most US states? It seems like it should be a popular tourist attraction.
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Celebrating the same new year several times over?
Is there a commercial service offered to general public that allows you to celebrate the new year several times?
The idea is that you would celebrate it in a time-zone and than move to the next one ...
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City in which Norwegian Santa lives [duplicate]
I'm no expert in Scandinavian languages (Norwegian and such) but I've been wondering where actually does their Santa (Julenissen) live (city)? I've been able to find ambiguous answers on this matter ...
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Which American City is this?
My friends and I had a discussion which American city this is. And what building this is?
We need to know the name of the city.
See this picture below
Can any one tell me which city this so me and ...
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Is there a "MacGyver" like chalenge theme park / adventure park / place?
As a kid I use to love the TV series "MacGyver". Yesterday, speaking to a friend we started wondering if there was something like a theme park or similar like the TV series. Basically a place with ...
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Is it possible to view the ships buried under the Financial District in San Francisco?
According to FoundSF, there are many ships buried under San Francisco:
During the height of the gold excitement, there were at least five hundred ships stranded in the harbor, some without even a ...
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Visiting Bir Tawil or places like it
Bir Tawil is kind of a disputed territory, except that it's the exact opposite: both Egypt and Sudan say that the other country has sovereignty over it.
Is it possible for ordinary travellers to ...
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Where is this picture taken from (in Taiwan)?
I did a reverse Google image search and Google located it as being in Taiwan. Did some more looking and found some photographers taking this from Alishan. I also posted this image to Reddit's /r/...
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How to get to "Life Of Pi's" bizarre island?
I am always fascinated by islands, especially the uninhabited or bizarre ones. I also previously asked about The duct tape island of Mythbusters.
My new pursuit of interest is the bizarre island from ...
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Where can I eat dishes that feature in western countries' Chinese restaurants?
... apart from western countries like the Australia or the USA themselves.
During my visit to Taiwan, I wasn't able to find the dishes I'd typically encounter in a Chinese restaurant in Australia or ...
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What is the deepest accessible point on earth?
There is the Kola Superdeep Borehole and the Mariana trench but both are not accessible to average humans.
What is the deepest point on earth I can reach?
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Can an original of "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" be viewed in Japan?
According to the Wikipedia article for "The Great Wave off Kanagawa", copies are stored in various places around the world.
There are various copies of this work throughout the world. The ...
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Are there cultures in which walking in the nude in public is not frowned upon?
Although some cultures are less prudent then others I have the impression that walking in the nude in public is frowned upon world wide. Is this a correct assumption?
I know that for example going to ...
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Where is the world's largest commercial elevator?
Out of curiosity, I went to search for "world's largest elevator", but all the results were for grain elevators.
Now obviously, you can't ride in a grain elevator. What I meant was, what is the ...
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Which countries allow tourists to get married without the long wait for the marriage licence?
I am a 19 year old girl and my guy is 22. We live in the Middle East, and it's hard for us to get married here before I turn 21. We are planning on marrying outside the Middle East.
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Options for getting paid for hunting or fishing on vacation
Is there any place, no matter where you have to travel to, where we get paid to hunt?
At least, it would be nice to cover partially the costs or even break even.
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When I travel next, I want to reach the point on the earth that is exactly opposite my home, how can I discover where that is?
My wife and I are planning to travel to Japan next September (we are from Brazil). Since I was a child I have known that if I made a hole (a big one) straight down, I would reach Japan. Well, as the ...
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How can I find a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor?
Listening to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor is one of my favourite pieces to program against. Whenever I need to do some serious programming I just search for some performances on Youtube ...
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Are there any space shuttles one can go inside of?
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center has a space shuttle but you can't go inside it. Are there any that you can or are there any that you can under special circumstances or something?
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What building is this?
This image is a screenshot from a video, and in the video the image is named "UK".
What building is this?
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Where in the world can you tour a live nuclear reactor?
Are there nuclear plants that allow you to tour the facility and learn more about nuclear power while the plant is running?
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Is it possible to find "castaway" accommodation in the Alps?
After watching the last episodes of Breaking Bad, I've had the idea of finding a truly castaway house to stay in for a week or so. Preferably something with electricity, running water and Internet, ...
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Where this picture was taken ~100 years ago?
It probably was taken in Russia/Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania during Russian Civil War by one of my ancestors.
I'm sure this place exists today - I saw it on the poster few years ago.
But place was not ...
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Where can I ride a pump trolley?
Almost three decades ago I had the pleasure to ride a pump trolley. I remembered the ease of getting the thing in motion and the speed you can get. Unfortunately I was only allowed to ride for about ...
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Where exactly is Yamada Castle in Okinawa?
I've already visited the one restored castle in Okinawa and Wikipedia tells me there are several other ruined castles here on the main island.
But one castle is mentioned several times yet I cannot ...
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Where on earth is this image from the backgrounds in Windows?
My Russian colleague had this image as his desktop, so I asked if it was Lake Baikal or not. He actually didn't know, as it was just one of the default Windows desktops that he had.
So, the question ...
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U.S. East Cost most popular spring break destinations
I'm currently an exchange student in Cleveland, OH. Some friends of mine and I want to make a Cleveland - Miami round trip by car during spring break (7/3 to 16/3). We are looking to meet up with ...
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Is there a tourist destination where the new year starts first and at the same time the old year ends last?
We were brainstorming where to celebrate the next new year. It would be fun if it is possible to be the first in the new year to then with minor traveling enjoy yet a bit of the old year. Is there ...
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Is there a thematic train trip based on Christmas?
For some unknown reason to me trains and Christmas are related. There are movies about it and during Christmas I always see miniature trains and tracks being sold a lot more.
I enjoy traveling by ...
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Which locations are traditionally Santa's home - i.e. where can you visit Santa Claus year-round?
Obviously around this time of the year, Santa and his minions will be out and about, finding out who is naughty and nice, and delivering presents.
However, the rest of the year he's back at his home. ...
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Is there a comprehensive list of Magna Cartas and their locations?
I'm getting more interested in traveling to view Magna Cartas because it looks like I've seen three out of four 1215 copies plus two others. However it's very difficult to get a concrete answer as to ...
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Where's the cheapest place in the world for a beginner to learn diving?
Would it mostly be in Southeast Asia? Or somewhere else?
In response to this Q being "put on hold" for being too broad, let me add the following:
Include only cost of equipment rental and lessons. ...
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Where is the highest Bungee jump above sea?
I want to know, Where is the highest Bungee jump above sea?
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Where is this fountain (from Counter-Strike)?
The T-Spawn of the counter strike map de_inferno is based on a real place. Where is this fountain?
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Are there any Carsten Höller slides in museums/galleries in Central or Eastern Europe?
A few years ago, the artist Carsten Höller installed some slides in the turbine hall of the Tate Modern gallery in London. These looked really good, but sadly were insanely popular and I never got the ...
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One foot in Belgium and the other in the Netherlands?
I come across this photo in Facebook where the borderline between Belgium and the Netherlands is drawn in the ground splitting a house in two sides one side at each country. One can literally put one ...
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Where is this castle?
where is this castle/palace? someone suggested it was Vianden castle in Luxembourg but it's not.
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What is the youngest new natural landmass that can be visited?
I recently visited the Vulcão dos Capelinhos, which is an extension of Faial Island in the Azores that erupted from the sea bed only 50 years ago.
Visiting this area gives you a great sense of the ...
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Is there still uncharted land? [duplicate]
Recently I drove on a road not yet mapped on osm. As soon as I get back, I will add it. It made me wonder if every piece of land is already mapped, or if you could still have a bit of adventure, doing ...
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What town is in the Samsung Galaxy S default wallpaper?
This is the default wallpaper of Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, does anyone know where this place is?
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Where on earth is this church which looks like a confused chicken?
This picture has been circulating on twitter and in the office. But it doesn't say where it is. Can anyone provide the church's location?
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Which place in Middle East are these photos taken from?
I haven't seen this place yet.. can anyone tell me where this is? Seems beautiful and worth visiting
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Where in Europe can I find an aircraft turned into a hotel?
I just found out that in Sweden there is an old Boeing 747 turned into a hotel. Where else in Europe can I find something like this? The closer to Germany, the better
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Volunteering for an archaeological dig
One of my main hobbies is archaeology, but very rarely get opportunities to get my hand dirty. What opportunities are there to travel to a location and join an archaeological dig voluntarily?
I am ...
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Are there any man-only places in the world?
I know it is forbidden to enter to Muslim's mosques/shrines without proper Islamic cover or having your shoes during walking through temples/tombs/shrines in India and some other Hindu countries or ...
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A place to rent a killer whale submarine?
Before you close the question, take a look at the killer whale submarine :).
I would buy one but I do not have $100,000. So is there a place in the world to rent one of those for one hour or so?
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Longest distance ordinary road sign?
Outside Narvik, Norway (at Gratangseidet north of Bjerkvik, at the border between Nordland and Troms) is a road sign indicating the distance to Kirkenes along the E6 as 1042 km:
Kirkenes 1042 km
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Are there any tours or opportunities available to the public where one can see Cherenkov Radiation?
Cherenkov Radiation (in my layman's understanding) is a blue light that appears when particles with an electric charge go through a medium faster than the speed of light in that medium.
I regularly ...
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