12 April 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies
Reading Time: 5 minutes
James Buchanan Duke statue by Charles Keck with chapel in the background © Charles Keck
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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Hogsmeade village © Elbert Hampton
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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Panorama of Bayfront Park © Robert Giordano/cc-by-sa-3.0
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
© Nationalparks/cc-by-sa-2.5
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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23 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Town Hall © John Phelan/cc-by-sa-3.0
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
Reading Time: 7 minutes
© MTATransitFan/cc-by-3.0
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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6 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Miami / South Florida
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CityPlace © Ven-Lib/cc-by-sa-4.0
Doral is a city in
Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. One of 34 municipalities in the county, it is located 5 miles (8 km) west of
Miami International Airport and 13 miles (21 km) west of
Downtown Miami. Doral occupies 15 square miles (39 km²) bordered on the west by the
Ronald Reagan Turnpike and the
Florida Everglades, on the north by the town of
Medley, on the east by the
Palmetto Expressway and on the south by the
Dolphin Expressway and the city of
Sweetwater. The city is part of the
Miami metropolitan area of
South Florida. As of the
2020 census, Doral had a population of 75,874, up from 45,704 in
2010.
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4 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, Shopping
Reading Time: 7 minutes
Paifang gate © Ingfbruno/cc-by-sa-3.0
Chinatown, Boston is a
neighborhood located in
downtown Boston,
Massachusetts. It is the only surviving historic
ethnic Chinese enclave in
New England since the demise of the
Chinatowns in
Providence, Rhode Island and
Portland, Maine after the 1950s. Because of the high population of Asians and
Asian Americans living in this area of Boston, there is an abundance of
Chinese and
Vietnamese restaurants located in Chinatown. It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in Boston and serves as the largest center of its
East Asian and
Southeast Asian cultural life.
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2 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Bon appétit
Reading Time: 5 minutes
© flickr.com – HarshLight/cc-by-2.0
Surf and turf, sometimes called reef and beef, is a
main course combining
seafood and
red meat, typically
beefsteak. While
lobster and
filet mignon are a standard combination, variations common to
steakhouse menus include
prawns, shrimp,
squid, or
scallops, which may be
steamed,
grilled, or
breaded and fried.
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