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101. The Grand Palace

Royal palace and temple complexRattanakosin

Bangkok's former royal residence, a walled complex of throne halls, courtyards and the revered Temple of the Emerald Buddha beside the Chao Phraya River.

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102. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art museumUpper East Side

The Met on Fifth Avenue is one of the world's great encyclopaedic art museums, spanning five thousand years of art from every corner of the globe.

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103. The National WWII Museum

History museumWarehouse District

A large campus of pavilions in the Warehouse District telling the American story of the Second World War, with restored aircraft, immersive films and a submarine experience.

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104. Tivoli Gardens

Historic amusement park and gardensVesterbro / City Centre

Copenhagen's amusement park and pleasure garden, open since 1843 beside the Central Station, with historic rides, gardens, concerts, restaurants and seasonal Halloween and Christmas events.

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105. Uffizi Gallery

Art museumPiazza della Signoria

Florence's great picture gallery, built by Vasari for Cosimo I de' Medici, with Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio.

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106. uShaka Marine World

Aquarium and water parkPoint

uShaka Marine World on Durban's Point combines the large Sea World aquarium, a water park, reptile house, rope park and beach access across a 16-hectare site.

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107. Vasa Museum

Maritime museumDjurgården

Purpose-built museum on Djurgården housing the Vasa, a 64-gun warship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and was raised 333 years later.

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108. Victoria Peak

Viewpoint and funicularThe Peak

Hong Kong Island's highest hill, reached by the historic Peak Tram from Central, with harbour views from Sky Terrace 428 and the level loop walk along Lugard Road.

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109. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Historic house museum and gardensCoconut Grove

Vizcaya is James Deering's early twentieth-century bayfront estate in Coconut Grove, with a furnished Mediterranean Revival villa and formal Italian Renaissance-style gardens.

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110. War Remnants Museum

History museumDistrict 3 (Xuan Hoa)

A museum documenting the conflicts of 1946 to 1975 through photographs, reconstructed prison cells and a yard of captured aircraft and armour.

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111. Wat Phra That Doi Suthep

Buddhist templeDoi Suthep

Hilltop Lanna temple about 15 km from the city, with a gilded 24-metre chedi, a long naga staircase and wide views over Chiang Mai.

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112. Wawel Royal Castle

Royal castle and museumWawel Hill

The hilltop residence of Polish kings beside the Vistula, now a museum of state rooms, royal apartments, the Crown Treasury and seasonal gardens.

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113. Abuja National Mosque

MosqueCentral Business District

Nigeria's national mosque on Independence Avenue, completed in the mid-1980s with two domes and four minarets, and open to non-Muslims outside congregational prayers.

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114. Acropolis Museum

Archaeological museumMakrygianni

Bernard Tschumi's glass-and-concrete museum at the foot of the Acropolis, opened in 2009, displaying the Parthenon sculptures in a gallery aligned with the temple.

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115. Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood

Historic districtBur Dubai

A preserved creekside quarter of wind-tower houses and narrow lanes, now home to galleries, small museums, cafés and the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding.

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116. Al-Attarine Madrasa

Marinid madrasaFes el-Bali

A small Marinid madrasa built between 1323 and 1325 beside the Qarawiyyin, often admired for the density and quality of its tile, stucco and cedar decoration.

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117. Alcatraz Island

Historic prison and national park siteSan Francisco Bay

Alcatraz Island is the former federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, now run by the National Park Service and reached only by ferry from Pier 33.

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118. Batu Caves

Hindu cave templeGombak

Batu Caves is a limestone hill 13 km north of the city where 272 painted steps lead past a 42.7-metre golden statue of Lord Murugan to a Hindu cave temple.

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119. Bayon

Buddhist temple with face towersAngkor Thom

Jayavarman VII's state temple at the heart of Angkor Thom, famed for its towers of serene stone faces and lively bas-reliefs of Khmer daily life.

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120. Belém Tower

Fortified tower and UNESCO World Heritage SiteBelém

Built between about 1514 and 1519 to guard the mouth of the Tagus, Belém Tower is a Manueline fortress that reopened in May 2026 after restoration.

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