Komodo National Park

aside from the animal it's famous for, there are also really pretty islands here like Padar which is gorgeous

Reading Pagoda

a pagoda in Reading, Pennsylvania haha

Chittorgarh Fort

another fort in rajatshan but it looks pretty at the top

Events

There are some festivals and events and stuff like that that I'd like to visit and be a part of or watch. These don't always happen at a fixed location, so they might not fit with the geolocated nature of much of this blog. So here's a list, that is most likely not complete.

World

• an aurora borealis or australis
• a music concert
• a tornado or waterspout
• really strong wind that can knock someone down or even carry someone away
• Olympic Games
• a My Little Pony convention
• a New Year celebration in a major city

North America

• Burning Man, Nevada
• Comic-Con International, California
• D23

Asia

• Lantern Festival, Taiwan
• Rocket (Girandola) Festival, Laos or Thailand

South America

• Catatumbo lightning, Venezuela

Europe

• a tulip field during tulip season, Netherlands

Benin City

not actually in modern Benin, but was formerly called Edo, the capital city of the Kingdom of Benin which is now a non-independent kingdom inside Nigeria. fascinating. their monarch guy, the "oba", has a palace here which is pretty old and fancy or so i've read. And apparently this place used to have the world's greatest system of city walls before the british showed up and wrecked everything

Cape Coast Castle

hitoric building in Ghana where the british rules from for a while i guess and it was basically built for the slave trade ugh

Shoyna

town in northern russia (nenets i think) near the arctic circle that is COVERED IN SAND OH YEAH

M'Zab Valley

place in algeria with unique culture apparently and its a mountainy oasis with towns that look kinda pretty

Ambohimanga

famous royal hill with a palace that's apparently pretty big in malagasy traditional religion

Abomey

Beninese town that was the capital of the kingdom of Dahomey which lasted a while and it's got some palaces that look cooly

Ark Encounter

is there anything more american than a life-sized Noah's Ark replica in Kentucky

Adachi Museum of Art

museum with some really beautiful gardens in shimane prefecture, japan

Rozenburg Wind Wall

a dutch wall that reduces wind apparently, its big

Prambanan

a super old hindu thing. like over a thousand years old. yeah. it's near yogyakarta

Malbork Castle

apparently poland has the world's largest castle or something. it's very reddish

Salt Lake Temple

the mormon thing

Sri Ranganathaswarmy Temple

seems to be the largest hindu tower-like temple and it looks weird. it's in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu.

Anuradhapura

super old buddhist city with archaeology galore including the largest stupa in the world: JETAVANARMAYA!!!! (what's a stupa)

Nanjing

important big city in China. it's got interesting stuff like:

Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
Chiang Kai-shek's office or palace or something
some other stuff too probably

Vostochny Cosmodrome

the new cosmodrome in Russia to replace Baikonur. it might the place that launches people to the moon next, who knows

FAST

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope~!!!!!! In Guizhou, it is an even bigger radio telescope than Arecibo and ot's apparently almost ready for use. Whoa. Seriously China, you're building so much what's going onNNnn

Tuskegee Institute

that college that had booker t washington and george w carver its pretty cool

Boll Weevil Monument

in Alabama, a monument to the insect that destroyed a ton of crops, and kinda led to the diversification of the agricultural industry in the area. george washington carver and all that. seriously, it's like a lady holding a giant insect.

Kerala Backwaters

some kind of waterway in Kerala, India, with a bunch of cool trees and lakes and houseboats and it looks very pretty

Nan Madol

so apparently there was a dynasty in micronesia all the way back to the 13th century and they built a super important city out of artificial islands and the ruins are still there and I NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT???

Kumamon Square

i need to meet kumamon

Wieliczka Salt Mine

like an underground city with tunnels and chapels and stuff... IN A SALT MINE goin down down down

Suomenlinna

island fortress in south finland whoah

Ushiku Daibutsu

japan's tallest buddha hahahahsg

Spring Temple Buddha

biggest baddest best buddha in the big bad world

Fenghuang

Old Venice-like city, but looks ancient China-themed. Makes sense considering it's in China. Looks really cool, though.

Aloba Arch

huge natural arch in the Sahara in Chad

Tonle Sap

big lake in cambodia, and there seem to be some interesting floating villages here

Cape Cod

The beaches around Provincetown look especially beautiful, also it'd be cool to be on that hook thing of Massachusetts.

Sira Fortress

fortress on a big rock in yemen webuifbwieycfbiywdbv

Kashgar

interesting xinjiang city

Sarajevo Bobsleigh and Luge Track

used in the 1984 Olympics. totally abandoned now. looks weird.

Kalavantin Durg

tall pointy mountain thing in maharashtra with an old fort on it. looks pretty epic

Bouar Megaliths

some megaliths around bouar