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You are looking at the world's oldest, and arguably most famous, house of collectibles. It was once a royal palace, built to defend the city against invaders from the north. The original building was destroyed in the 16th century to make room for a grand new gallery. Today the museum is the largest in the world, with additions commissioned by almost every ruler through the mid-nineteenth century. Its most recent addition was a geometric glass and metal structure designed by a world-famous New York architect. The museum saw over 7 million visitors in 2005, 1 of every 4 to visit the capital city where it is located, although part of the draw is the attention brought by a bestselling novel and its subsequent movie.



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The possibilities are endless in this "Marvelous City." With its dramatic mountains and beautiful beaches luring people outdoors, there is an activity to suit everyone. Near the beach you can play beach volleyball, beach football (soccer in the United States), or Matkot-a type of beach tennis. You can go surfing, kite surfing, hang gliding, sailing, or rowing, or you can participate in Capoeira, a combination of dance and martial arts which [that] is popular in this country. If you are drawn to Sugar Loaf or the statue Cristo Redentor atop Corcovado Mountain for their spectacular views the city, you can head to the mountains by train or cable car or you can trek up the mountain on foot or by bicycle. The many granite mountains of this city make it ideal for rock climbing, and there are many climbs that can be done within the city limits.

In the past, the city has been both a Portuguese colonial capital and a national capital but is now content as its nation's second largest city. In January and February, the local population swells to accommodate many more than the eleven million that currently live in the metropolitan area. In January, up to three million people visit the city to celebrate the New Year by watching the fireworks display on Copacabana Beach. Thousands of the visitors are of the Candomble religion and can be seen singing, dancing, and making offerings to Iemanja, the Goddess of the Sea, prior to the stroke of midnight. The city heats up again for four days in February with the celebration of Carnival. It is the world's largest Carnival celebration and has been celebrated here since 1723. The city celebrates with parades, ornate costumes, and lots of singing and dancing, including a samba parade featuring thousands of bedazzling dancers.

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These waterfalls lie on the border of two nations, with each nation claiming a portion of the falls as their own. The falls have been attracting visitors since the early 1820s-many of them honeymooners and thrill seekers. In 1829, Sam Patch became the first known person to survive a jump over the falls. His feat sparked an interest that still continues today, although laws in both countries attempt to prevent this kind of dangerous stunt. Although the most popular method of going over the falls seems to be in a barrel, those seeking fame must try increasingly dangerous stunts to get their place in history-including a successful 2003 attempt to go over the falls without a flotation device.

Over twenty million people come to the falls each year, from Buffalo in the south and Toronto in the north. In addition to bringing in tourism dollars, the falls also are capable of generating over four million gigawatts of electric power by diverting water away from the falls in the nighttime hours and during the winter.

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This luminous sailboat in the distance serves as a beacon to welcome wealthy expatriates who flock to this region, the most populous of the seven that make up this coastal desert nation. In reality, the "sailboat" is hotel-the tallest in the world-and one of the world's most expensive. This region prides itself in its opulence, and has several extreme projects in the works. All are extremely rare, extremely exclusive, and extremely expensive. A massive tower is expected to open in 2008, making it the tallest building in the world. A pair of real estate ventures are almost complete-both are a multitude of manmade islands, created out of sand and formed in unique but recognizable shapes-one is a tree that is commonly found in the area, the other allows you to buy your own little corner of the Earth.



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The complex in front of you is a galactic airport where highly trained travelers leave the safety of home for worlds unknown. It is located on a small island just off the Atlantic coastline of a southern state. Thousands of visitors come here every year to watch the sight of shuttles and rockets being launched into orbit.

Plans for this site began in 1961, during the height of the great space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. To win the race and be the first to put a man on the moon, a site needed to be built which would be the base of operations for the lunar landing program. The site was originally named the Launch Operations Center, but was renamed within two years to honor the assassinated president whose belief in the importance of the program helped to make the dream of setting foot on the moon possible.

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This picture was taken in the capital city of a country which was the home of one of the world's most famous poets. The clock that you are looking at is one of the country's most famous landmarks. It gets its name from the 13 ton bell inside the clock which was named for Commissioner Benjamin Hall who ordered the casting of the bell.



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This beautiful lake is truly a sight to be seen. The lake and the area around it sit high in a mountain range that is a part of the "Ring of Fire" and has been the Beaver State's only national park since the park was dedicated in 1902. At almost two thousand feet in depth, it is the deepest lake in the United States and seventh deepest lake in the world. This lake is unique in that it is fed almost entirely by the forty-five feet of snow that falls here each year; there are no rivers which feed into the lake. As a result, the water in the lake is among the clearest and purest in the world.

The lake is actually a caldera, a crater created by the collapse of a volcano. Scientists believe that the crater was created approximately seven thousand years ago after the massive eruption of Mount Mazama, believed to be one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past ten thousand years. The eruption is thought to have spread ash more than seven hundred miles, covering parts of six current U.S. states. After the eruption, the magma chamber was empty, and upper portion of Mount Mazama collapsed under its own weight, creating a caldera that was four thousand feet deep and six miles wide. As time passed, water from melting snow began to fill the crater. It is believed that the current water level in the lake was achieved within seven hundred to fifteen hundred years after Mount Mazama's eruption. Now the rate of precipitation is approximately equal to the evaporation rate, maintaining the lake at its current level.

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At the world's oldest National Park, this eruption is an everyday occurrence. Actually, it happens approximately every ninety-four minutes. This geyser regularly shoots over four thousand gallons of boiling water up to one hundred eighty feet in the air. Although the timing isn't perfectly predictable, over two million visitors come to watch this geyser every year.

The National Park sits atop the massive crater of an ancient volcano. Volcanic activity is still present today. The park records over two thousand earthquakes per year and with approximately three hundred geysers, it is easy to see the evidence of the molten rock as close as two miles beneath the surface.

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You are looking down at the oldest city in this Caribbean island nation. Sitting at the base of the country's famous twin peaks on the southwest end of the island, the city's brightly colored buildings make a sharp contrast to the dense jungle and black sand beaches which surround it.

The island is a member of the Windward Islands and became an independent state of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1979. The country's main source of income is from the sale of bananas and the tourism industry, with around three hundred thousand tourists coming each year to see the island's unspoiled beauty. With some of the best dive sites in the Caribbean and the best fishing in the world, many of the island's attractions are actually offshore. The island claims to have the world's only drive in volcano, one of the most popular attractions on the island, just minutes from the town shown above.

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This cemetery has become the final resting place for more than three hundred thousand of America's national heroes. Presidents, astronauts, Supreme Court justices, authors, and war veterans have all been interred here in honor of their service to the United States of America. The cemetery was born out of necessity during the Civil War when the number of casualties became so great that hospitals and local cemeteries were unable to find a place to bury the dead. Union General Montgomery Meigs recommended that the grounds of Arlington House, an estate held by a descendent of Martha Washington and the wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, be used as a national cemetery. The situation was so severe that burials began almost immediately after General Meigs made his proposal. By the end of the war, less than two years later, sixteen thousand men had been buried in this new national cemetery.

Although this is not the largest national cemetery, it is possibly, the most well known, largely due to its location. The cemetery sits along the banks of the Potomac River near the geometric government offices of the Armed Forces. The cemetery receives more than four million visitors each year, with one of the most popular sites being the tomb dedicated to all of the unknown soldiers who lost their lives in service to their country. The cemetery also has memorials to those who died aboard the USS Maine, the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and in the September 11th attack on a building only minutes away.

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