20 April 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Miami / South Florida
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Midtown Miami is the collective term for the
Wynwood and
Edgewater neighborhoods of
Miami ,
Florida . It is located north of
Downtown and south of the
Miami Design District and is roughly bound by North 20th Street to the south,
I-195 to the north,
I-95 to the west, and
Biscayne Bay to the east.
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18 April 2024 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General , Bon appétit , London , Miami / South Florida
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Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of
theme bar-restaurants , memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by
Isaac Tigrett and
Peter Morton in
London . In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with
rock and roll memorabilia , a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2007, Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. was sold to the
Seminole Tribe of Florida and was headquartered in
Orlando, Florida , until April 2018, when the corporate offices were relocated to
Davie, Florida . As of July 2018, Hard Rock International has venues in 74 countries, including 172 bar or cafe-restaurants, 37 hotels, and 11 casinos.
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12 April 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Duke University is a
private research university in
Durham, North Carolina , United States. Founded by
Methodists and
Quakers in the present-day city of
Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924,
tobacco and electric power industrialist
James Buchanan Duke established
The Duke Endowment and the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father,
Washington Duke .
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9 April 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon voyage
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a themed area spanning three
theme parks —
Islands of Adventure ,
Universal Studios Florida and the upcoming
Universal Epic Universe —at the
Universal Orlando Resort in
Orlando, Florida . The area is themed to the
Harry Potter media franchise, adapting elements from the
film series and novels by
J. K. Rowling . The Wizarding World of Harry Potter was designed by
Universal Creative from an exclusive
license with
Warner Bros. Entertainment .
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5 April 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon voyage , Miami / South Florida
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Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is an annual outdoor
electronic music festival that takes place annually in March in
Miami , Florida. The festival was founded in 1999 by
Russell Faibisch and
Alex Omes .
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1 April 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon voyage
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Harry S. Truman’s Independence home, now part of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
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Independence is the
5th most populous city in
Missouri and the
county seat of
Jackson County . Independence is a
satellite city of
Kansas City, Missouri , and is the largest
suburb on the Missouri side of the
Kansas City metropolitan area . In
2020 , it had a total population of 123,011.
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30 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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The Congregation Shearith Israel (
lit. : Congregation Remnant of Israel), often called
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue , is an
Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 2 West
70th Street , at
Central Park West , on the
Upper West Side of
Manhattan in
New York City ,
New York , United States.
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23 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Salisbury is a small coastal beach
town and summer tourist destination in
Essex County, Massachusetts , United States. The community is a popular
summer resort beach town situated on the
Atlantic Ocean , north of
Boston on the
New Hampshire border. It is home to the new Salisbury Beach Boardwalk, full of souvenir shops, restaurants, cafes, arcades and panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean. The population was 9,236 at the
2020 census . Parts of town comprise the
census-designated place of
Salisbury .
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19 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City , Shopping
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Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the
borough of
Manhattan in
New York City ,
United States , that carries northbound one-way traffic. It runs from
Madison Square (at
23rd Street ) to meet the southbound
Harlem River Drive at
142nd Street , passing through
Midtown , the
Upper East Side (including
Carnegie Hill ),
East Harlem , and
Harlem . It is named after and arises from Madison Square, which is itself named after
James Madison , the fourth
President of the United States .
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