Unutterably Silly Let's Go Places!

[drjd]

Al-Wakrah

Al-Wakrah is the capital city of the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. Al Wakrah's eastern edge is the shores of the Persian Gulf. Governed by Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, it was originally a small fishing and pearling village. Over the years, it evolved into a big town with a population of more than 30,000 and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar.

[wodin]

Hana, Maui, Hawaii, USA



Hāna is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 1,235 at the 2010 census. Hana is located at the eastern end of the island of Maui and is one of the most isolated communities in the state. It is reached mainly via the Hana Highway, a long, winding, 52-mile-long (84 km) highway along Maui's northern shore.

[drjd]

Aalborg - Denmark

The earliest settlements date to around AD*700. Aalborg's position at the narrowest point on the Limfjord made it an important harbour during the Middle Ages, and later a large industrial centre. Architecturally, the city is known for its half-timbered mansions built by its prosperous merchants. Budolfi Church, now a cathedral, dates from the end of the 14th century and Aalborghus Castle, a royal residence, was built in 1550. Today, Aalborg is a city in transition from a working-class industrial area to a knowledge-based community.

[oren64]

Gin Gin

Gin Gin is a small town and rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the Bruce Highway, approximately 51 kilometres west of Bundaberg and 370 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, the state capital.

[GeeCrow]

Natividad, Pangasinan, Philippines

[Phyllis41]

Drama, Greece

Built at the foot of mount Falakro, in a verdant area with abundant water sources, Drama has been an integral part of the Hellenic world since the classical era; under the Byzantine Empire, Drama was a fortified city with a castle and rose to great prosperity under the Komnenoi as a commercial and military junction.

[drjd]

Apocalypse Peaks

The Apocalypse Peaks (Coordinates: 77°23′S 160°51′E) are a group of peaks with a highest point of 2,360 metres (7,740*ft), standing east of Willett Range and between Barwick Valley and Balham Valley, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The peaks were so named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59) because the peaks are cut by talus slopes which gives them the appearance of the "Riders of the Apocalypse." The peaks lie on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

[Tony Richards]

Amazonia

[cromag]

Arkham, Massachusetts (USA)

A fictional town, home to Miskatonic University and the Arkham Sanitarium, and the setting for some of H. P. Lovecraft's more unsettling stories.

[GeeCrow]

Muscle Shoals, Alabama

There was a 2013 documentary movie entitled "Muscle Shoals" about the music studios the town is known for. (Unfortunately I didn't see the film, but it has a 7.7 rating on IMDb, which is not bad!)

[drjd]

Sumerduck

A town in Fauquier County, Virginia. The town was named after the fact that ducks flocked there in the summer.

[oren64]

Kingston

Kingston is a Canadian city on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Cataraqui and St. Lawrence rivers. It's known as the "Limestone City" for its grand 19th-century buildings, including the lakeside Kingston City Hall. The grand house and gardens of the Bellevue House National Historic Site commemorate Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Fort Henry, built in the 1800s, holds military demonstrations.

[BenG]

Ninety Six

Ninety Six is a town in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States.


The Star Fort Battle Site National Park in Ninety Six is the site of the First Land Battle in the South during the American Revolution.
It is the holder of two American Revolution War records being the First Land Battle South of New England and the Longest Siege in the War.
The site is also home to the only world-wide remaining star-shaped fort built by the British left, giving the site it’s name and it also houses the only American-dug tunnels left in the county.

[Phyllis41]

Xiangyang

Xiangyang is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It was known as Xiangfan until December 2, 2010. Xiangyang is divided by the Han River, which runs through its heart and divides the city north-south. The city itself is an incorporation of two once separate, ancient cities: Fancheng and Xiangzhou.

[tubemonkey]

Gibraltar

Gibraltar (/dʒᵻˈbrɒltər/ jə-brol-tər; Spanish pronunciation: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. It has an area of 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and shares its northern border with Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region. At its foot is a densely populated city area, home to over 30,000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities.

An Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar from Spain in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of the Habsburg claim to the Spanish throne. The territory was subsequently ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. During World War II it was an important base for the Royal Navy as it controlled the entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea, which is only eight miles (13 km) wide at this point. Today Gibraltar's economy is based largely on tourism, online gambling, financial services, and shipping.