Cities

Cities

The cities from around the world.

  • Allen Park

    Country: United States
    Province / State: Michigan
    Population: 28 thousand
     

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    Allen Park is home to the largest tire in the world. The 12 ton, 80 foot tall tire served as a Ferris wheel at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.

    Largest Tire

  • Montegrotto Terme

    Country: Italy
    Province / State: Padua
    Population: 10 thousand
     

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    Montegrotto Terme is home to the deepest swimming pool in the world. The pool is at Hotel Terme Millepini and is 40 meters / 131 feet deep.

    Deepest Swimming Pool

  • Kawasaki

    Country: Japan
    Province / State: Kanto
    Population: 1.4 million
     

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    Kawasaki, in More's Department Store, is home to the shortest escalator in the world.

    Shortest Escalator

  • Cawker City

    Country: United States
    Province / State: Kansas
    Population: 460
     

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    Cawker City is the current home of the largest ball of twine in the world.

    Biggest Ball Of Twine

  • Maroantsetra

    Country: Madagascar
    Province / State: Analanjirofo
    Population: 23 thousand
     

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    Maroantsetra has easy access to Masoala National Park and the Nosy Mangabe special reserve. A chance to see plants and animals that are native only to Madagascar.

    Tarsier

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  • Ghardaia

    Country: Algeria
    Province / State: Taghardaiat
    Population: 142 thousand
     

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    Ghardaia is located in northern-central Algeria in the Sahara Desert. Because of it's distinctive white, pink, and red houses, the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir described Ghardaia as "a Cubist painting beautifully constructed".

    Ghardaia

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  • Ushuaia

    Country: Argentina
    Province / State: Tierra del Fuego
    Population: 56 thousand
     

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    Ushuaia is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world.

    Ushuaia

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  • Brasov

    Country: Romania
    Province / State: Transylvania
    Population: 253 thousand
     

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    Brasov is nestled within the Carpathian mountains in the Transylvania region. Bran Castle is situated in the immediate vicinity of Brasov and is commonly but incorrectly identified as the home of Vlad the Impaler.

    Bran Castle

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