Unutterably Silly Let's Go Places!

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Naperville, Illinois

The Naperville Public Library has been ranked number one in the United States each year from 1999 through 2010, for cities with populations between 100,000 and 249,999 by Hennen's American Public Library Ratings.

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Elbag, Poland

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Gateshead, UK

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, and the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Part of County Durham until the creation of Tyne and Wear in 1974, the town lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead and Newcastle are joined by seven bridges across the Tyne, including the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. The town is known for its architecture, including the Sage Gateshead, the Angel of the North and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

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Dublin. Ireland

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

On 11 December 2015, Nottingham was named a UNESCO City of Literature, joining Norwich, Melbourne, Prague and Barcelona as one of only a handful in the world. The title reflects Nottingham's literary heritage, with Lord Byron, DH Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe having links to the city.


Nottingham Council House

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Madrid, Spain

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Doha, Qatar

The Al Jazeera Arabic news channel began broadcasting from Doha in 1996.In the late 1990s, the government planned the construction of Education City, a 2,500 hectare Doha-based complex mainly for educational institutes. Since the start of the 21st century, Doha attained significant media attention due to the hosting of several global events and the inauguration of a number of architectural mega-projects.

Doha's West Bay area in 2015.

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Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Spanish city whose historical centre is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

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Split, Croatia

Split is the second-largest city of Croatia and the largest city of the region of Dalmatia. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, centred on the Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian.

Split is one of the oldest cities in the area. While traditionally considered just over 1,700 years old, counting from the construction of Diocletian's Palace in 305 CE, the city was in fact founded as the Greek colony of Aspálathos in the 4th century BC, about 2,400 years ago.


Reconstruction of the Palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian in its original appearance upon completion in 305 CE, by Ernest Hébrard.

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Tel Aviv, Israel

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Venice, Italy

Venice is Europe's largest urban car-free area. Venice is unique in Europe, in having remained a sizable functioning city in the 21st century entirely without motorcars or trucks.Beyond the road and rail land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains (as it was in centuries past) entirely on water or on foot.

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East Rutherford, NJ

Home of the Meadowlands Sports Complex and MetLife Stadium -- home of the New York Jets and New York Giants of the National Football League.

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Damascus, Syria

Damascus is the capital and the second-largest city of Syria after Aleppo. It is commonly known in Syria as ash-Sham and nicknamed as the City of Jasmine.

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Shanghai, China

Shanghai is the most populous city in China, as well as the most populous city proper in the world.

Shanghai's rapid transit system, the Shanghai Metro, incorporates both subway and light railway lines and extends to every core urban district as well as neighboring suburban districts.


The Maglev with a top speed of 431 km/h (268 mph) exiting the Shanghai Pudong International Airport

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Islamabad, Pakistan.