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It has high mountains, wide lowlands and forests, its capital is Baku, and about 10.3 million people lived there in mid-2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/azerbaijan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ganja-480.webp?v=f4178aca95a801b8","alt":"City of Ganja Azerbaijan and Javadkhan mount","at":[47.7,40.3],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:caspian-sea","tag:rock-art","tag:world-heritage","flag:az","feature:iso:031","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:belarus","kind":"country","title":"Belarus","summary":"Belarus is a landlocked country in eastern Europe. Ice sheets of the last ice age shaped its low hills and wide plains, it has more than 10,000 lakes and one of Europe\u0027s largest wetlands, and about 9.1 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/belarus","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-gomel-480.webp?v=6e37d81f0a726875","alt":"Gomel city, 5th area","at":[28.047,53.528],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:forests","tag:wetlands","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:by","feature:iso:112"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bosnia-and-herzegovina","kind":"country","title":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","summary":"Bosnia and Herzegovina is a mountainous country in southeastern Europe. It has forests, limestone hills and many rivers, and famous old stone bridges cross some of them. Its capital is Sarajevo. It touches the Adriatic Sea along only about 20 kilometers of coast.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bosnia-and-herzegovina","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-bosnia-and-herzegovina-480.webp?v=f15e575b2c93a3a7","alt":"Panoramic view of the course of the Trebi\u0161njica river near Gornji Orahovac, in southeast Bosnia and Herzegovina","at":[18,44],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:bridges","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ba","feature:iso:070"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bulgaria","kind":"country","title":"Bulgaria","summary":"Bulgaria is a country on the eastern side of the Balkan Peninsula, with the Danube River to the north and the Black Sea to the east. Mountains cross it from west to east, and about 6.4 million people lived there at the end of 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bulgaria","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-sofia-480.webp?v=0bebfe0028965998","alt":"Central Sofia and the Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria","at":[25.5,42.75],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:bg","feature:iso:100"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:croatia","kind":"country","title":"Croatia","summary":"Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in southeastern Europe. Its long coast on the Adriatic Sea is fringed by more than 1,100 islands, limestone mountains rise behind it, fertile plains lie in the north, and about 3.87 million people lived there in mid-2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/croatia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-zagreb-480.webp?v=5ccded5e9dadc805","alt":"Photo of Zagreb","at":[15.467,45.25],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:coast","tag:islands","tag:karst","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:hr","feature:iso:191"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:czechia","kind":"country","title":"Czechia","summary":"Czechia, also called the Czech Republic, is a landlocked country in central Europe. Mountains ring the old land of Bohemia, the Vltava River flows through the capital, Prague, and about 10.9 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/czechia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-prague-castle-480.webp?v=fb03cae3a10437df","alt":"Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic","at":[15,50],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:castles","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:cz","feature:iso:203"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:democratic-republic-of-the-congo","kind":"country","title":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","summary":"The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DR Congo, is the second-largest country in Africa. The mighty Congo River curves through its rainforests, volcanoes rise in the east, and its capital, Kinshasa, is a center of music, fashion and popular culture.","path":"/discover/world/countries/democratic-republic-of-the-congo","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-virunga-national-park-480.webp?v=720cb6360b9ae0c4","alt":"Waterfall in the Virunga National Park","at":[23.656,-2.88],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:rivers","tag:volcanoes","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cd","feature:iso:180"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ethiopia","kind":"country","title":"Ethiopia","summary":"Ethiopia is a country on the Horn of Africa with no coast. Much of it is high, rugged land cut by the Great Rift Valley, it is one of the world\u0027s oldest countries, and more than 110 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ethiopia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-omo-river-480.webp?v=94bbc7e654e12a8a","alt":"Upper Omo River, Ethiopia","at":[40,9],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:highlands","tag:rift-valley","tag:mountains","tag:fossils","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:et","feature:iso:231"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:hungary","kind":"country","title":"Hungary","summary":"Hungary is a landlocked country in central Europe, in a wide lowland called the Carpathian Basin. Wide plains cover much of it, the Danube River flows through its capital, Budapest, and about 9.5 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/hungary","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-budapest-480.webp?v=d235186d89e919a0","alt":"Photo of Budapest","at":[19,47],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:plains","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:hu","feature:iso:348"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:iceland","kind":"country","title":"Iceland","summary":"Iceland is an island country in the North Atlantic, close to the Arctic Circle. It sits on the border between two giant plates of Earth\u0027s crust and has about 200 volcanoes, many hot springs and huge glaciers, and about 396,500 people lived there in mid-2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/iceland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-strokkur-480.webp?v=f3bab49c65eab8ec","alt":"The Strokkur geyser erupting in the Geysir geothermal field, Iceland","at":[-19,65],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:glaciers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:is","feature:iso:352"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:indonesia","kind":"country","title":"Indonesia","summary":"Indonesia is a country of about 17,500 islands in Southeast Asia, spread across the Equator between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It has more than 100 active volcanoes, rainforests full of wildlife, and about 286 million people (2025).","path":"/discover/world/countries/indonesia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-java-480.webp?v=880d2e0bde84b2e0","alt":"Mount Bromo and other volcanoes above a sea of mist at sunrise, on the island of Java","at":[118,-2],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:rainforest","tag:equator","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:id","feature:iso:360"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ireland","kind":"country","title":"Ireland","summary":"Ireland is a country on an island in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain. It covers most of the island, while Northern Ireland, in the northeast, is part of the United Kingdom. Rain keeps its fields green, its capital is Dublin, and more than 5.5 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ireland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-dublin-480.webp?v=6e0b41e7c00b9370","alt":"Dublin aerial photograph","at":[-8,53],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:coasts","tag:grasslands","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ie","feature:iso:372"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:japan","kind":"country","title":"Japan","summary":"Japan is an island country in East Asia. Most of its land is steep mountains and forest, Mount Fuji is its tallest peak, and about 124 million people live there, many of them in big cities such as Tokyo.","path":"/discover/world/countries/japan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-mount-fuji-480.webp?v=a1c39b71abf74247","alt":"Mount Fuji from Lake Sh\u014Dji","at":[136,35],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:jp","feature:iso:392"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:kenya","kind":"country","title":"Kenya","summary":"Kenya is a country in East Africa, crossed by the equator. It has the snow-capped Mount Kenya, the deep Great Rift Valley, Lake Victoria and a long Indian Ocean coast, and about 54 million people live there, many of them speaking Swahili.","path":"/discover/world/countries/kenya","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-mount-kenya-480.webp?v=1abc3a3cd76cdaec","alt":"Mount Kenya, Kenya","at":[38,0.1],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:equator","tag:rift-valley","tag:mountains","tag:wildlife","tag:lakes","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ke","feature:iso:404"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:kyrgyzstan","kind":"country","title":"Kyrgyzstan","summary":"Kyrgyzstan is a mountain country in Central Asia, with no coast on the sea. The high Tien Shan mountains cover much of it, and Lake Issyk-Kul, one of the largest high-mountain lakes in the world, lies in the northeast. Its capital is Bishkek.","path":"/discover/world/countries/kyrgyzstan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bishkek-480.webp?v=f6c6d659c08ba20c","alt":"Baytik baatyr street photographed from above at night","at":[75,41],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:landlocked","tag:lakes","tag:silk-road","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kg","feature:iso:417"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:latvia","kind":"country","title":"Latvia","summary":"Latvia is the middle one of the three Baltic states, on the shores of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga. It is mostly low and green, with forests over more than half its land, and about 1.845 million people lived there at the start of 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/latvia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-latvia-480.webp?v=6b6a775437ea843c","alt":"Red sandstone cliffs above the Gauja River in misty light, Latvia","at":[25,57],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:forests","tag:coast","tag:baltic-states","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:lv","feature:iso:428"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:pakistan","kind":"country","title":"Pakistan","summary":"Pakistan is a country in South Asia that stretches from icy mountain peaks in the north down the fertile valley of the Indus River to the Arabian Sea. It has busy cities such as Karachi and Lahore, its capital is Islamabad, and its 2023 census counted 241.49 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/pakistan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-pakistan-480.webp?v=83b2a07984ebe668","alt":"This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the","at":[71,30],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:ancient-cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:pk","feature:iso:586"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:slovakia","kind":"country","title":"Slovakia","summary":"Slovakia is a landlocked country in central Europe. The Carpathian Mountains cover much of it, with the High Tatras in the north, and about 5.4 million people lived there at the end of 2025. Its capital, Bratislava, sits on the Danube River.","path":"/discover/world/countries/slovakia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bratislava-480.webp?v=82af6836ae2788bd","alt":"Hlavn\u00E9 Namestie in the Old Town of Bratislava","at":[19.7,48.7],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:caves","tag:landlocked","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:sk","feature:iso:703"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:south-korea","kind":"country","title":"South Korea","summary":"South Korea occupies the southern part of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, with sea on three sides. It is mostly mountains and hills, its capital Seoul is one of its many big cities, and the national census counted about 51.8 million people in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/south-korea","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-seoul-480.webp?v=1cb6b9b7080754f8","alt":"Photo of Seoul","at":[128,36],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:peninsula","tag:mountains","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kr","feature:iso:410"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:syria","kind":"country","title":"Syria","summary":"Syria lies on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia. Behind a short coast rise mountains, and beyond them stretches a wide, dry steppe crossed by the Euphrates River. Damascus, its capital, is considered one of the oldest cities in the world.","path":"/discover/world/countries/syria","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-syria-480.webp?v=a8eecec27aa54375","alt":"Damascus was built in a strategic site on a plateau 680 m above sea level and about 80 km inland from the Mediterranean","at":[38.583,35.217],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:ancient-cities","tag:desert","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:sy","feature:iso:760"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:tanzania","kind":"country","title":"Tanzania","summary":"Tanzania is a country in East Africa, just south of the Equator, on the Indian Ocean. It has Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa\u0027s highest mountain, deep lakes in the East African Rift, and the Serengeti, where huge herds of wildebeest travel each year.","path":"/discover/world/countries/tanzania","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-serengeti-national-park-480.webp?v=cc1cbbde5038a8a9","alt":"A fairly typical example of the scenery in Serengeti National Park in western Tanzania","at":[34.854,-6.307],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:mountains","tag:rift-valley","tag:lakes","tag:wildlife","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:tz","feature:iso:834"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:thailand","kind":"country","title":"Thailand","summary":"Thailand is a tropical country in the middle of mainland Southeast Asia, with forested mountains in the north, rice fields on its central plains and a long, narrow peninsula in the south. Its capital is Bangkok, and about 65.8 million people were on its civil register at the end of 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/thailand","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-ayutthaya-historical-park-480.webp?v=7af7f58cc06e9f32","alt":"Ayutthaya, Ancient Thai capital from 1350 to 1767","at":[101,14],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:tropical","tag:rivers","tag:rice","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:th","feature:iso:764"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:united-arab-emirates","kind":"country","title":"United Arab Emirates","summary":"The United Arab Emirates, or UAE, is a country of seven emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Most of it is desert, and its cities, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah, line the coast. Dubai has the Burj Khalifa, the world\u0027s tallest building.","path":"/discover/world/countries/united-arab-emirates","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-burj-khalifa-480.webp?v=f5e6fa4b0e0bf7de","alt":"Skyline of Downtown Dubai with Burj Khalifa from a Helicopter","at":[54.3,24.4],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:coasts","tag:cities","tag:skyscrapers","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:ae","feature:iso:784"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:zimbabwe","kind":"country","title":"Zimbabwe","summary":"Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa, high on a wide plateau between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It shares Victoria Falls with Zambia, and its name is a Shona word meaning \u0022stone houses\u0022, the name of the great stone city of Great Zimbabwe.","path":"/discover/world/countries/zimbabwe","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-great-zimbabwe-480.webp?v=078c169072232e98","alt":"Aerial view of Great Zimbabwe\u0027s Great Enclosure [1] and adjacent ruins looking southeast from the Hill Fort","at":[30,-19],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:waterfalls","tag:wildlife","tag:granite","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:zw","feature:iso:716"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:france","kind":"country","title":"France","summary":"France is a country in northwestern Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It has high mountains such as the Alps and the Pyrenees, long rivers such as the Loire and the Seine, and about 69.1 million people (2026). Its capital is Paris.","path":"/discover/world/countries/france","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-seine-480.webp?v=00f1efd12164ef86","alt":"Eiffel tower at night reflecting in the Seine in Paris, France","at":[2,47],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:food","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:fr","feature:iso:250"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:turkiye","kind":"country","title":"T\u00FCrkiye (Turkey)","summary":"T\u00FCrkiye, also called Turkey, lies partly in Asia and partly in Europe. A narrow waterway called the Bosporus runs through its biggest city, Istanbul, and its land is mostly mountains and high plains. About 86 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/turkiye","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-bosporus-strait-480.webp?v=d06e11d50e9f4b65","alt":"Photo of Bosporus Strait","at":[36,39],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:two-continents","tag:mountains","tag:straits","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:tr","feature:iso:792"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:united-states","kind":"country","title":"United States","summary":"The United States is a large country in North America made of 50 states, from icy Alaska to the warm islands of Hawaii. It has the Grand Canyon, the Mississippi River and Yellowstone, and about 342 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/united-states","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-mississippi-river-480.webp?v=b26eac7761a2098e","alt":"The Gateway Arch and the St. Louis skyline at night, reflected in the Mississippi River","at":[-98.58,39.828],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:national-parks","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:us","feature:iso:840"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:russia","kind":"country","title":"Russia","summary":"Russia is the largest country in the world. It stretches across eastern Europe and all of northern Asia, through 11 time zones, from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. It has frozen tundra, huge forests, Lake Baikal and the big cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg.","path":"/discover/world/countries/russia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-kremlin-480.webp?v=f140bf381f1328bc","alt":"Photo of Kremlin","at":[94.25,66.417],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:two-continents","tag:largest-country","tag:taiga","tag:arctic","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ru","feature:iso:643"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:italy","kind":"country","title":"Italy","summary":"Italy is a country in southern Europe on a long peninsula that reaches into the Mediterranean Sea, often described as shaped like a boot. The Alps rise in the north, the Apennine mountains run down its length, and about 58.9 million people (2026) live there. Its capital is Rome.","path":"/discover/world/countries/italy","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-vulcano-480.webp?v=fd6a3f621d165d87","alt":"Aerial image of Vulcano","at":[12.5,42.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:peninsula","tag:volcanoes","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:it","feature:iso:380"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:germany","kind":"country","title":"Germany","summary":"Germany is a country in north-central Europe. The land rises from flat plains by the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to forested hills and, in the far south, the Alps. About 83.5 million people (2025) live there, and its capital is Berlin.","path":"/discover/world/countries/germany","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-neuschwanstein-castle-480.webp?v=8d8d72e46457ccf9","alt":"Neuschwanstein Castle at Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany","at":[10,51],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:rivers","tag:forests","tag:castles","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:de","feature:iso:276"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:india","kind":"country","title":"India","summary":"India is a huge country in South Asia, shaped like a big triangle pointing into the Indian Ocean. The Himalayas rise along its north, heavy monsoon rains arrive every summer, and about 1.46 billion people (2025) live there, speaking hundreds of languages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/india","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-taj-mahal-480.webp?v=126a369fa6e2e6e3","alt":"Taj Mahal, Agra","at":[83,22.8],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:monsoon","tag:rivers","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:in","feature:iso:356"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:finland","kind":"country","title":"Finland","summary":"Finland is a northern European country covered mostly by forest and dotted with tens of thousands of lakes. About a third of it lies north of the Arctic Circle, where the summer sun shines all night. About 5.7 million people live there, most of them in the south.","path":"/discover/world/countries/finland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-suomenlinna-480.webp?v=91d82906aa255714","alt":"Suomenlinna, a fortress near Helsinki, Finland","at":[27,65],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:lakes","tag:forests","tag:arctic","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:fi","feature:iso:246"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mexico","kind":"country","title":"Mexico","summary":"Mexico is a large country in southern North America, between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It has smoking volcanoes, ancient cities built by the Maya and other peoples, and about 132 million people, many of them in and around Mexico City.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mexico","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-popocatepetl-480.webp?v=33208db8b1c5daff","alt":"Volcano Popocat\u00E9petl, north side, view from Paso de Cortez","at":[-102,23],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:volcanoes","tag:ancient-cities","tag:deserts","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:mx","feature:iso:484"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:australia","kind":"country","title":"Australia","summary":"Australia is a country and the smallest continent, surrounded by ocean in the Southern Hemisphere. Much of its middle is dry and flat, most people live near the coast, and its animals include kangaroos, koalas and the platypus, a mammal that lays eggs.","path":"/discover/world/countries/australia","category":"oceania","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-great-dividing-range-480.webp?v=e256c89f3e97477b","alt":"Photo of Great Dividing Range","at":[133,-25],"facets":["kind:country","category:oceania","tag:continent","tag:deserts","tag:coral-reefs","tag:marsupials","tag:world-heritage","continent:oceania","flag:au","feature:iso:036"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:china","kind":"country","title":"China","summary":"China is the largest country in Asia, almost as big as all of Europe. The land steps down from the high, cold Plateau of Tibet in the west to plains and coasts in the east, and about 1.4 billion people live there, along with giant pandas in the mountains of south-central China.","path":"/discover/world/countries/china","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-china-480.webp?v=612f47b92263737c","alt":"Badaling, China: Great Wall of China at Badaling","at":[103.452,35.845],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:deserts","tag:pandas","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:cn","feature:iso:156"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:canada","kind":"country","title":"Canada","summary":"Canada is the second-largest country in the world, stretching across the north of North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific and up into the Arctic. It has the Rocky Mountains, thousands of islands and about 42 million people, who speak English, French and many other languages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/canada","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-banff-national-park-480.webp?v=e3648761d0cac91b","alt":"Valley of the Ten Peaks and Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada","at":[-109,56],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:mountains","tag:arctic","tag:lakes","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:ca","feature:iso:124"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:spain","kind":"country","title":"Spain","summary":"Spain covers most of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Its middle is a high, flat plateau, the Pyrenees mountains stand between it and France, and almost 50 million people live there, with Madrid as the capital.","path":"/discover/world/countries/spain","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-alhambra-480.webp?v=e181fc4148710ae6","alt":"The Alhambra, detail","at":[-3.5,40.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:peninsula","tag:mountains","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:es","feature:iso:724"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:united-kingdom","kind":"country","title":"United Kingdom","summary":"The United Kingdom, or UK, lies on islands off the northwest coast of Europe. It is made up of four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and about 69.5 million people live there. Its capital is London.","path":"/discover/world/countries/united-kingdom","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-united-kingdom-480.webp?v=4a11e6b72f779067","alt":"View from Quiraing to the Staffinbay","at":[-2,54.6],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:four-nations","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:gb","feature:iso:826"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:norway","kind":"country","title":"Norway","summary":"Norway stretches along the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula, far into the Arctic. Deep, narrow inlets of the sea called fjords cut into its mountains, and about 5.6 million people live there, many of them near Oslo, the capital.","path":"/discover/world/countries/norway","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-geirangerfjord-480.webp?v=b640e8b8bf01efec","alt":"Photo of Geirangerfjord","at":[10.683,59.933],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:fjords","tag:mountains","tag:arctic","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:no","feature:iso:578"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:egypt","kind":"country","title":"Egypt","summary":"Egypt is in the northeastern corner of Africa, and its Sinai Peninsula reaches into Asia. Almost all of it is desert, so most of its more than 100 million people live along the green banks of the Nile River, where one of the world\u0027s earliest civilizations grew.","path":"/discover/world/countries/egypt","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-egypt-480.webp?v=23027ab058106c74","alt":"All Giza Pyramids in one shot","at":[29,27],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:rivers","tag:ancient-history","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:eg","feature:iso:818"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:poland","kind":"country","title":"Poland","summary":"Poland lies near the center of Europe, between the Baltic Sea and the Carpathian Mountains. Most of it is low, flat land shaped by Ice Age glaciers, and about 37 million people live there. Its capital, Warsaw, stands on the Vistula River.","path":"/discover/world/countries/poland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-warsaw-480.webp?v=39391101b133c735","alt":"Castle Square, Warsaw","at":[19,52],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:plains","tag:forests","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:pl","feature:iso:616"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ukraine","kind":"country","title":"Ukraine","summary":"Ukraine is a large country in eastern Europe on the northern shore of the Black Sea. Most of it is level plain with some of the most fertile soil in the world, crossed by the Dnieper River. Its capital is Kyiv, and its official language is Ukrainian.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ukraine","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-lviv-480.webp?v=99873a0933601904","alt":"Old town in Lviv","at":[32,49],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:plains","tag:black-earth","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ua","feature:iso:804"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:albania","kind":"country","title":"Albania","summary":"Albania is a small, mountainous country on the Balkan Peninsula, facing Italy across the Adriatic Sea. About three-fourths of it is mountains and hills, the coastal plains are its most crowded part, and its language has no close relatives.","path":"/discover/world/countries/albania","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-roman-amphitheatre-of-durres-480.webp?v=59a09a29c01d86bd","alt":"This is a photo of a monument in Albania, number:","at":[20,41],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:balkans","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:al","feature:iso:008"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:brazil","kind":"country","title":"Brazil","summary":"Brazil covers about half of South America and is the fifth-largest country in the world. It holds most of the Amazon River basin and much of the world\u0027s largest rainforest, and about 214 million people lived there in 2026, most of them near the Atlantic coast.","path":"/discover/world/countries/brazil","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-sugarloaf-mountain-480.webp?v=b8d4edef3bcb0fdb","alt":"Photo of Sugarloaf Mountain","at":[-53,-14],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:rainforest","tag:rivers","tag:wetlands","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:br","feature:iso:076"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:switzerland","kind":"country","title":"Switzerland","summary":"Switzerland is a small, landlocked country in central Europe. The Alps cover its south and east, great rivers such as the Rhine and Rh\u00F4ne begin there, and its 9.1 million people share four national languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh.","path":"/discover/world/countries/switzerland","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-aletsch-glacier-480.webp?v=1babd8634cd1dabe","alt":"La partie m\u00E9diane du glacier d\u0027Aletsch en septembre 2021","at":[8.232,46.799],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:glaciers","tag:lakes","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ch","feature:iso:756"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:belgium","kind":"country","title":"Belgium","summary":"Belgium is a small, busy country in northwestern Europe, low and flat near the North Sea and hilly in the forested Ardennes. About 11.9 million people live there, speaking mainly Dutch in the north and French in the south, and its capital, Brussels, hosts the European Union.","path":"/discover/world/countries/belgium","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-atomium-480.webp?v=6ddc9260a8e89964","alt":"Atomium Br\u00FCssel 2007","at":[4.668,50.641],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:lowlands","tag:languages","tag:cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:be","feature:iso:056"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:chile","kind":"country","title":"Chile","summary":"Chile stretches about 4,300 kilometers along the west coast of South America, between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, but it averages only about 180 kilometers wide. Its north holds one of the driest deserts on Earth, and its south is cold, wet and full of fjords and ice.","path":"/discover/world/countries/chile","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-chile-480.webp?v=8c4a7ca640e75729","alt":"Duna Mayor, Valle de la Luna, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile","at":[-71,-33],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:mountains","tag:desert","tag:volcanoes","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:cl","feature:iso:152"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:greece","kind":"country","title":"Greece","summary":"Greece is a country in southern Europe, at the bottom of the Balkan Peninsula, with sea on three sides and more than 2,000 islands. Most of it is mountains. About 10.4 million people lived there at the start of 2025, and its capital is Athens, a city with ruins more than 2,400 years old.","path":"/discover/world/countries/greece","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-crete-480.webp?v=6f53e9f77e3f43f0","alt":"The old lighthouse at the harbour of Chania on Crete, with waves breaking","at":[23,38.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:ancient-history","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:gr","feature:iso:300"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:iran","kind":"country","title":"Iran","summary":"Iran is a country in southwestern Asia. A high, dry plateau fills its middle, with mountain ranges all around it, and about 92 million people (2025) live there. Long ago it was called Persia, and its capital today is Tehran.","path":"/discover/world/countries/iran","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-persepolis-480.webp?v=004634cb781bb467","alt":"This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the ID","at":[53,32],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:plateau","tag:deserts","tag:mountains","tag:ancient-history","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:ir","feature:iso:364"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:netherlands","kind":"country","title":"Netherlands","summary":"The Netherlands is a small, flat country in northwestern Europe on the North Sea. Its name means low-lying country: more than a quarter of it lies below sea level, protected by dunes and dikes. About 18.2 million people lived there in 2026, and its capital is Amsterdam, a city of canals.","path":"/discover/world/countries/netherlands","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-keukenhof-480.webp?v=79f373482abebfbc","alt":"Photo of Keukenhof","at":[5.55,52.317],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:lowlands","tag:water-management","tag:cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:nl","feature:iso:528"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:algeria","kind":"country","title":"Algeria","summary":"Algeria is a country in North Africa and the largest country on the whole continent. More than four-fifths of it is the Sahara Desert, so most of its 47 million people (2025) live in the greener north, along the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Algiers.","path":"/discover/world/countries/algeria","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-timgad-480.webp?v=a62106bd073d422a","alt":"Photo of Timgad","at":[1,28],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:ancient-history","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:dz","feature:iso:012"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:argentina","kind":"country","title":"Argentina","summary":"Argentina covers most of the southern part of South America. The Andes mountains run down its western side, grassy plains called the Pampas spread across the middle, and windy Patagonia stretches to the far south. INDEC, the national statistics office, estimates that about 46.5 million people lived there in 2026, many of them in and around Buenos Aires.","path":"/discover/world/countries/argentina","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-los-glaciares-national-park-480.webp?v=41bc5b15599ab574","alt":"Perito Moreno Glacier, in Los Glaciares National Park, southern Argentina","at":[-64,-34],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:mountains","tag:grasslands","tag:glaciers","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:ar","feature:iso:032"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:austria","kind":"country","title":"Austria","summary":"Austria is a landlocked country in central Europe. The Alps cover much of it, the Danube River flows across the north, and about 9.2 million people live there. Its capital, Vienna, is famous for its music and palaces.","path":"/discover/world/countries/austria","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-belvedere-480.webp?v=0fb49d839eeaf5f7","alt":"View of the Upper Belvedere Palace during the blue hour, Vienna, Austria","at":[14,48],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:glaciers","tag:music","tag:landlocked","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:at","feature:iso:040"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:portugal","kind":"country","title":"Portugal","summary":"Portugal is a country on the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with Spain as its only land neighbor. It also includes the Azores and Madeira islands far out in the ocean. About 11.4 million people lived there at the start of 2026, and its capital is Lisbon, on the Tagus River.","path":"/discover/world/countries/portugal","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-belem-tower-480.webp?v=75bd158551a4ebbf","alt":"The Bel\u00E9m Tower in Lisbon, Portugal","at":[-9.183,38.7],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:coast","tag:islands","tag:exploration","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:pt","feature:iso:620"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:sweden","kind":"country","title":"Sweden","summary":"Sweden is a country in northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It stretches about 1,600 kilometers from north to south, with forests, many lakes and a rocky coast full of islands. About 10.6 million people live there, and its capital is Stockholm.","path":"/discover/world/countries/sweden","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-stockholm-480.webp?v=454b0e37105cac2c","alt":"Photo of Stockholm","at":[15,61],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:forests","tag:lakes","tag:arctic","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:se","feature:iso:752"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:denmark","kind":"country","title":"Denmark","summary":"Denmark is a country in northern Europe made of the Jutland peninsula and more than 400 islands, with the sea almost all around. It is low and mostly flat, about 6 million people live there, and its capital, Copenhagen, is full of bicycles.","path":"/discover/world/countries/denmark","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-kronborg-castle-480.webp?v=144e0632e8f1177f","alt":"Kronborg is a castle and historical stronghold in the town of Helsing\u00F8r, Denmark","at":[10,56],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:lowlands","tag:coast","tag:bicycles","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:dk","feature:iso:208"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:vietnam","kind":"country","title":"Vietnam","summary":"Vietnam stretches about 1,650 kilometers along the coast of Southeast Asia, with mountains in the west and two great river deltas, the Red River in the north and the Mekong in the south. About 102.3 million people lived there in 2025. Its capital is Hanoi, and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City.","path":"/discover/world/countries/vietnam","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-phong-nha-ke-bang-national-park-480.webp?v=d661514811470cd1","alt":"Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam","at":[108,16],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:deltas","tag:caves","tag:coast","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:vn","feature:iso:704"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:south-africa","kind":"country","title":"South Africa","summary":"South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa, with the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Indian Ocean on the other. A high plateau covers most of it, about 63.5 million people (2026) live there, and it has 12 official languages and three capital cities.","path":"/discover/world/countries/south-africa","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-south-africa-480.webp?v=7c83b3c6a6e5a763","alt":"Cape Town viewed from Lion\u0027s Head, South Africa","at":[24,-29],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:wildlife","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:languages","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:za","feature:iso:710"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:colombia","kind":"country","title":"Colombia","summary":"Colombia is in the northwest of South America, with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Three ranges of the Andes run through it, and most people live in the cool mountains, where the capital, Bogot\u00E1, sits on a high plateau. About 53.4 million people lived there in 2026, according to DANE, the national statistics office.","path":"/discover/world/countries/colombia","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-san-agustin-archeological-park-480.webp?v=f83c8f410fe4ff93","alt":"Statues in Mesita A in San Agust\u00EDn Archaeological Park, Colombia","at":[-73.25,4],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:mountains","tag:rainforest","tag:two-coasts","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:co","feature:iso:170"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:abu-simbel","kind":"landmark","title":"Abu Simbel","summary":"Abu Simbel is two temples cut into the rock by King Ramesses II of Egypt, around 1264 BCE. Four seated statues of the king, each 21 meters tall, guard the Great Temple. In the 1960s, a new dam was about to flood them, so workers cut them into more than a thousand blocks and rebuilt them higher up.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/abu-simbel","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-abu-simbel-480.webp?v=f56feef5aa8a4f6b","alt":"Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt","at":[31.626,22.337],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:ancient-egypt","tag:rock-cut-temple","tag:rescue","tag:nubia","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:acropolis-of-athens","kind":"landmark","title":"Acropolis of Athens","summary":"The Acropolis is a steep, flat-topped rock in the middle of Athens. Walls have ringed its top for more than 3,300 years. In the 400s BCE, the Athenians built a grand gateway and three temples there, including the Parthenon. Restorers are still repairing them today.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/acropolis-of-athens","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-acropolis-of-athens-480.webp?v=2011815fea2137a6","alt":"View from Philopappos Hill in Athens \u2014 Acropolis of Athens","at":[23.726,37.972],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:ancient-greece","tag:hilltop","tag:temples","tag:marble","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:greece"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:agra-fort","kind":"landmark","title":"Agra Fort","summary":"Agra Fort is a huge red sandstone fortress beside the Yamuna River in Agra, India. The Mughal emperor Akbar began it in 1565. Its walls, about 2.5 kilometers around, protect palaces, halls and mosques added by later emperors. It was both an army base and a royal home.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/agra-fort","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-agra-fort-480.webp?v=dc2c558be4fe3350","alt":"The place where U can get the glimpse of the beautiful Taj Mahal","at":[78.021,27.18],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:fort","tag:palace","tag:mughal","tag:red-sandstone","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:india"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:al-aqsa-mosque","kind":"landmark","title":"Al-Aqsa Mosque","summary":"Al-Aqsa Mosque stands at the southern end of a huge raised plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem. Built in the early 700s, it has a silver-gray dome, and the golden Dome of the Rock stands nearby. The plaza is important to Muslims and to Jews.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/al-aqsa-mosque","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-al-aqsa-mosque-480.webp?v=ea47aa5f3c80d8e4","alt":"The Al-Qibli Chapel, Part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Old City of Jerusalem","at":[35.236,31.776],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:mosque","tag:architecture","tag:history","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:alhambra","kind":"landmark","title":"Alhambra","summary":"The Alhambra is a palace and fortress above the city of Granada, in Spain. The Nasrid rulers built most of it between 1238 and 1358. It is famous for its courtyards, fountains, carved plaster and tiles, and the gardens of the Generalife next door.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/alhambra","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-alhambra-480.webp?v=e181fc4148710ae6","alt":"The Alhambra, detail","at":[-3.588,37.176],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:palace","tag:fortress","tag:gardens","tag:nasrid","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:spain"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:al-masjid-al-haram","kind":"landmark","title":"Al-Masjid al-Haram","summary":"Al-Masjid al-Haram, the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, was built around the Kaaba, a cube-shaped building that Muslims face when they pray. It is the most important place of pilgrimage in Islam. In 2026, 1,707,301 pilgrims came to Mecca for the hajj, and the mosque can hold up to about one million worshippers.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/al-masjid-al-haram","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-al-masjid-al-haram-480.webp?v=ff2f2efabd40a2f1","alt":"Photo of Al-Masjid Al-Haram","at":[39.826,21.422],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:mosque","tag:architecture","tag:pilgrimage","tag:islamic-architecture","continent:asia","country:saudi-arabia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:andorra","kind":"country","title":"Andorra","summary":"Andorra is a tiny country high in the Pyrenees mountains, between France and Spain. It is made of steep mountain valleys, its official language is Catalan, and about 89,750 people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/andorra","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-andorra-la-vella-480.webp?v=8bea2e38760e7916","alt":"500px provided description: Andorra [#city ,#river ,#Night ,#Andorra]","at":[1.6,42.542],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:pyrenees","tag:landlocked","tag:small-country","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ad","feature:iso:020"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:angkor","kind":"landmark","title":"Angkor","summary":"Angkor, in northwestern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th century. Its kings built city after city here, with scores of temples, such as Angkor Wat and the Bayon, and giant reservoirs and canals to water the rice fields. Today it covers about 400 square kilometers, and more than 100,000 people live in villages inside it.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/angkor","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-angkor-wat-480.webp?v=ad68e273bdc74564","alt":"Angkor Wat with its reflection","at":[103.833,13.433],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:temples","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:cambodia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:angkor-wat","kind":"landmark","title":"Angkor Wat","summary":"Angkor Wat, near the town of Siem Reap in Cambodia, was built in the 12th century by the Khmer king Suryavarman II. Britannica (2026) calls it the world\u0027s largest religious structure. It was built as a Hindu temple and later became a Buddhist place of worship.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/angkor-wat","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-angkor-wat-480.webp?v=ad68e273bdc74564","alt":"Angkor Wat with its reflection","at":[103.867,13.412],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:temple","tag:khmer","tag:world-heritage","tag:place-of-worship","tag:moat","continent:asia","country:cambodia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:angola","kind":"country","title":"Angola","summary":"Angola is a large country in southwestern Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. A narrow coast rises steeply to high plateaus, rivers such as the Cuanza run to the sea, and the Namib Desert reaches its far southwest. Its national statistics institute projects about 38.8 million people for 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/angola","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-luanda-480.webp?v=934d1d7526be4c6b","alt":"Photo of Luanda","at":[17.35,-12.35],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:plateau","tag:rivers","tag:savanna","tag:desert-coast","continent:africa","flag:ao","feature:iso:024"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:anuradhapura","kind":"landmark","title":"Anuradhapura","summary":"Anuradhapura, in north-central Sri Lanka, was the island\u0027s capital for more than 1,000 years. Its ruins include huge bell-shaped brick monuments called dagobas, monasteries, palaces and ancient reservoirs. It is an important place for Buddhists, and a World Heritage Site since 1982.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/anuradhapura","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-anuradhapura-480.webp?v=11c5a5b2fd047ab0","alt":"Anuradhapura site, Sri Lanka","at":[80.411,8.335],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:stupas","tag:buddhism","tag:bricks","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:sri-lanka"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:arc-de-triomphe","kind":"landmark","title":"Arc de Triomphe","summary":"The Arc de Triomphe is a huge stone arch at the top of the Champs-\u00C9lys\u00E9es in Paris. Napoleon ordered it in 1806, but it took 30 years to finish. It is about 50 meters high and 45 meters wide, covered in giant carvings, and under it lies France\u0027s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, with a flame that is rekindled every evening.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/arc-de-triomphe","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-arc-de-triomphe-480.webp?v=3926674ddb247ece","alt":"L\u0027Arc de Triomphe de l\u0027\u00C9toile","at":[2.295,48.874],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:arch","tag:monument","tag:sculpture","tag:memorial","continent:europe","country:france"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:armenia","kind":"country","title":"Armenia","summary":"Armenia is a small, landlocked country just south of the Caucasus mountains. Most of it is high mountains and plateaus, its tallest peak is Mount Aragats, and about 3.1 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/armenia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-yerevan-480.webp?v=ccf997769e3118e6","alt":"Mount Ararat and the Yerevan skyline in spring","at":[44.95,40.383],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:landlocked","tag:volcanoes","tag:world-heritage","flag:am","feature:iso:051","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:aswan-dam","kind":"landmark","title":"Aswan High Dam","summary":"The Aswan High Dam crosses the Nile River in southern Egypt. Finished in 1970, it is 111 meters high and 3,830 meters long. It controls the Nile\u0027s yearly flood, stores water for farms, makes electricity and created a huge reservoir, Lake Nasser. Ancient temples had to be moved to save them from the rising water.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/aswan-dam","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-aswan-dam-480.webp?v=63496654e69e6fdf","alt":"Aswan High Dam in Egypt","at":[32.88,23.971],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:dam","tag:engineering","tag:river","tag:electricity","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:baalbek","kind":"landmark","title":"Baalbek","summary":"Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, has some of the largest and best-preserved Roman temples ever built. For more than two centuries, builders raised enormous temples on a platform made of giant stone blocks. In a quarry nearby lies a carved block of about 1,650 tons that was never moved.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/baalbek","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-baalbek-480.webp?v=d6b8c252246ddaf9","alt":"Temple of Bacchus of the Roman wine god Bacchus","at":[36.201,34.015],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-rome","tag:temples","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:lebanon"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:babylon","kind":"landmark","title":"Babylon","summary":"Babylon was one of the most famous cities of the ancient world, beside the Euphrates River in what is now Iraq. Kings like Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II ruled from here. Today its ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and about 85 percent of it has never been dug up.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/babylon","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-babylon-480.webp?v=4381ec525e803502","alt":"Ruins of the ancient city of Babylon Al-Hillah, Mesopotamia","at":[44.424,32.523],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:archaeology","tag:mesopotamia","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:iraq"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bahrain","kind":"country","title":"Bahrain","summary":"Bahrain is a small island country in the Persian Gulf, linked to Saudi Arabia by a long causeway. Long ago it was the center of a trading land called Dilmun, and for centuries its people dived for pearls. About 1.6 million people live there today.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bahrain","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-manama-480.webp?v=8c33a136dd0dddf6","alt":"A recent image for Bahrain World Trade Center","at":[50.551,26.068],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:desert","tag:pearls","tag:persian-gulf","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:bh","feature:iso:048"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:baikonur-cosmodrome","kind":"landmark","title":"Baikonur Cosmodrome","summary":"Baikonur Cosmodrome is a huge rocket launch site on the flat grasslands of Kazakhstan. The Soviet Union began building it in secret in 1955. Sputnik 1, the first satellite, launched from here in 1957, and Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, in 1961. Today Russia rents it from Kazakhstan, and crews have launched from it to the International Space Station as recently as 2025.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/baikonur-cosmodrome","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-baikonur-cosmodrome-480.webp?v=f66c2f02c691b378","alt":"Photo of Baikonur Cosmodrome","at":[63.305,45.965],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:space","tag:rockets","tag:launch-site","tag:engineering","continent:asia","country:kazakhstan"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bangladesh","kind":"country","title":"Bangladesh","summary":"Bangladesh is a low, flat country in South Asia, built by two great rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. Monsoon rains flood its fields each year, the Sundarbans mangrove forest lines its coast, and about 176 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bangladesh","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-bangladesh-480.webp?v=ddae223eaab8aeff","alt":"A herd of spotted deer among mangrove roots in the Sundarbans","at":[89.867,24.017],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rivers","tag:deltas","tag:mangroves","tag:monsoon","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:bd","feature:iso:050"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:benin","kind":"country","title":"Benin","summary":"Benin is a narrow country in West Africa that stretches from the Atlantic coast up to the Niger River. Lagoons line its short coast, savanna covers the north, and the palaces of the old kingdom of Dahomey still stand at Abomey. About 15 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/benin","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-royal-palaces-of-abomey-480.webp?v=ecc6192e30319827","alt":"Photo of Royal Palaces of Abomey","at":[2.183,8.833],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:lagoons","tag:savanna","tag:kingdoms","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:bj","feature:iso:204"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bhutan","kind":"country","title":"Bhutan","summary":"Bhutan is a small, landlocked kingdom on the eastern ridges of the Himalayas, between India and China. Its land climbs from steamy forests in the south to snowy peaks over 7,300 meters in the north. About 790,000 people live there, mostly in villages in its green valleys.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bhutan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-thimphu-480.webp?v=c431fd967f636faf","alt":"A view of Thimphu - taken from the south of the city from road on the east side of the valley","at":[90.5,27.45],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:himalayas","tag:forests","tag:dzongs","continent:asia","flag:bt","feature:iso:064"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:big-ben","kind":"landmark","title":"Big Ben","summary":"Big Ben is the nickname of the Great Bell inside the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London. The tower, 96 meters tall, was begun in 1843, and its clock started keeping time in 1859. Since 2012 the tower has been called the Elizabeth Tower.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/big-ben","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-big-ben-480.webp?v=e35956f93410ae9c","alt":"The Elizabeth Tower and the northern end of the Palace of Westminster, seen from Parliament Square near the Carriage Gates","at":[-0.125,51.501],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:clock","tag:tower","tag:bell","tag:gothic-revival","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:bolivia","kind":"country","title":"Bolivia","summary":"Bolivia is a landlocked country in the middle of South America. In the west, the Andes Mountains hold a high, cold plateau with Lake Titicaca and a huge salt flat; in the east, warm lowlands stretch toward the Amazon. It has two capitals, La Paz and Sucre, and about 12.6 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/bolivia","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-tiwanaku-480.webp?v=7987b836db5b3b05","alt":"The Gateway of the Sun from the Tiwanaku civilization in Bolivia","at":[-64.991,-17.057],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:andes","tag:landlocked","tag:altiplano","tag:salt-flat","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:bo","feature:iso:068"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:borobudur-temple","kind":"landmark","title":"Borobudur","summary":"Borobudur is a huge Buddhist monument in central Java, Indonesia, built about 1,200 years ago. It is shaped like a stepped pyramid around a small hill, with carved walls and 72 bell-shaped stupas on its round top terraces. For centuries it lay hidden under volcanic ash and plants, and today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/borobudur-temple","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-borobudur-temple-480.webp?v=cc1d80d0d8976180","alt":"Pradaksina biasanya dilakukan dengan mengelilingi Candi Borobudur sebanyak 3 kali","at":[110.204,-7.608],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:temple","tag:architecture","tag:stone-carving","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:indonesia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:botswana","kind":"country","title":"Botswana","summary":"Botswana is a landlocked country in the middle of southern Africa. Deep Kalahari sand covers most of it, but in the north the Okavango River spreads into a huge green delta full of wildlife. Botswana became independent in 1966 and has grown more prosperous, helped by diamonds.","path":"/discover/world/countries/botswana","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-okavango-delta-480.webp?v=b357a3a3a7df4ad7","alt":"Delta del Okavango, vista a\u00E9rea","at":[23.7,-22.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:kalahari","tag:wetlands","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:bw","feature:iso:072"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:brandenburg-gate","kind":"landmark","title":"Brandenburg Gate","summary":"The Brandenburg Gate is a grand sandstone gateway in the center of Berlin, built from 1788 to 1791 with 12 columns and five passages. On top, a statue called the Quadriga shows a chariot pulled by four horses. From 1961 to 1989 the Berlin Wall shut it off, so the gate became a symbol first of a divided Germany and then of its reunification.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/brandenburg-gate","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-brandenburg-gate-480.webp?v=bb1b8aa37b62b99a","alt":"The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany","at":[13.378,52.516],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:gate","tag:monument","tag:berlin-wall","tag:sculpture","continent:europe","country:germany"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:british-museum","kind":"landmark","title":"British Museum","summary":"The British Museum in London was founded in 1753 and opened in 1759. It holds treasures from all over the world, like the Rosetta Stone, which helped people learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs. Its grand building with columns was built from 1823 to 1847, and in 2025 it had more than 6.4 million visits.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/british-museum","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-british-museum-480.webp?v=19e4dca66e87c409","alt":"Fa\u00E7ade of the British Museum","at":[-0.127,51.519],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:museum","tag:history","tag:archaeology","tag:architecture","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:brooklyn-bridge","kind":"landmark","title":"Brooklyn Bridge","summary":"The Brooklyn Bridge crosses the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York City. Built from 1869 to 1883, it was the first bridge to use steel wire for its cables, and its main span was the longest in the world until 1890. Every day, cars, walkers and cyclists still cross it.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/brooklyn-bridge","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-brooklyn-bridge-480.webp?v=3dc22c9d71f2dfa0","alt":"Photo of Brooklyn Bridge","at":[-73.996,40.706],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:bridge","tag:suspension-bridge","tag:engineering","tag:steel","tag:new-york","continent:north-america","country:united-states"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:brunei","kind":"country","title":"Brunei","summary":"Brunei is a small country on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia. Most of it is covered in rainforest, where proboscis monkeys and sun bears live. Its capital has a famous water village built on stilts, and about 459,000 people lived in Brunei in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/brunei","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-brunei-480.webp?v=ac2ba6bb054348f8","alt":"Fishing boats and huts on the Belait River, Brunei","at":[114.567,4.4],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rainforest","tag:borneo","tag:rivers","tag:water-village","tag:sultanate","continent:asia","flag:bn","feature:iso:096"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:buckingham-palace","kind":"landmark","title":"Buckingham Palace","summary":"Buckingham Palace began as a big house built for the Duke of Buckingham. King George III bought it in 1761, and King George IV had the architect John Nash turn it into a palace. Since 1837 it has been the London home of Britain\u0027s kings and queens. It has 775 rooms.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/buckingham-palace","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-buckingham-palace-480.webp?v=97ddead339bdb20f","alt":"Buckingham Palace in London, England","at":[-0.142,51.501],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:palace","tag:royal","tag:london","tag:balcony","tag:gardens","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:burj-khalifa","kind":"landmark","title":"Burj Khalifa","summary":"Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is 828 meters tall, the tallest building in the world (2026). It took about six years to build, from 2004 to 2010. Its Y-shaped plan, inspired by a desert flower, helps it stand up to strong winds.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/burj-khalifa","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-burj-khalifa-480.webp?v=f5e6fa4b0e0bf7de","alt":"Skyline of Downtown Dubai with Burj Khalifa from a Helicopter","at":[55.274,25.197],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:skyscraper","tag:engineering","tag:concrete","tag:desert","tag:record","continent:asia","country:united-arab-emirates"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:burkina-faso","kind":"country","title":"Burkina Faso","summary":"Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, on a wide plateau of savanna that is grassy in the north and dotted with forest in the south. About 24 million people live there. Its name, chosen in 1984, means Land of Incorruptible People, and its capital is Ouagadougou.","path":"/discover/world/countries/burkina-faso","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ouagadougou-480.webp?v=e4520ca76873534e","alt":"Monument aux h\u00E9ros nationaux situ\u00E9 \u00E0 Ouagadougou","at":[-2.067,12.267],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:savanna","tag:sahel","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:bf","feature:iso:854"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:burundi","kind":"country","title":"Burundi","summary":"Burundi is a small, landlocked country of green hills in east-central Africa, just south of the Equator. Its western edge runs along Lake Tanganyika, the longest freshwater lake in the world. About 14.4 million people live there, and its royal drum dance is famous around the world.","path":"/discover/world/countries/burundi","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-lake-tanganyika-480.webp?v=8f0f8edbcb5354a6","alt":"Photo of Lake Tanganyika","at":[29.817,-3.667],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:lakes","tag:highlands","tag:drums","tag:rift-valley","continent:africa","flag:bi","feature:iso:108"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:byblos","kind":"landmark","title":"Byblos","summary":"Byblos, on the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon, is one of the oldest towns in the world where people have lived without a break. Its ruins stack up like layers of a cake: fishermen\u0027s huts, Phoenician temples and walls, a Roman theater and a Crusader castle. The Phoenician alphabet developed here.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/byblos","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-byblos-480.webp?v=1ef2f06764374d46","alt":"Byblos / Libanon 2003","at":[35.647,34.12],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:archaeology","tag:phoenicians","tag:alphabet","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:lebanon"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cabo-verde","kind":"country","title":"Cabo Verde","summary":"Cabo Verde is a country made of ten islands in the Atlantic Ocean, about 620 kilometers off the coast of West Africa. Some islands are flat and sandy, others are steep and volcanic, and rain is rare. Its people are famous for their music, and the 2021 census counted about 491,000 people living there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cabo-verde","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-praia-480.webp?v=3e2ed3fadc392146","alt":"View over Praia\u2019s Harbor from Achada Grande, in Praia","at":[-23.7,15.3],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:ocean","tag:music","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cv","feature:iso:132"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cambodia","kind":"country","title":"Cambodia","summary":"Cambodia is a country in mainland Southeast Asia, a land of wide plains and great rivers. Its Tonle Sap lake more than doubles in size every rainy season, and Angkor, with the remains of capitals built from the 800s to the 1400s, is one of the most important archaeological sites in Southeast Asia.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cambodia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-phnom-penh-480.webp?v=fa0bd16dce0632db","alt":"Photo of Phnom Penh","at":[105,12.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rivers","tag:lakes","tag:rice","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kh","feature:iso:116"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cameroon","kind":"country","title":"Cameroon","summary":"Cameroon sits where western and central Africa meet. In the south are thick rainforests full of monkeys and apes, by the coast rises Mount Cameroon, an active volcano, and in the north are dry savanna plains. About 29.9 million people lived there in 2025, and French and English are both official languages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cameroon","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-cameroon-480.webp?v=c36dcdeace60c90d","alt":"Green hills with a waterfall and scattered trees in Cameroon","at":[12.65,5.133],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:volcanoes","tag:bilingual","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cm","feature:iso:120"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:central-african-republic","kind":"country","title":"Central African Republic","summary":"The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in the very center of Africa, about the size of France. Grassy savannas cover the north, rainforests grow in the south, and the capital, Bangui, stands on the Ubangi River. About 5.5 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/central-african-republic","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bangui-480.webp?v=9bd95a89b6077ec7","alt":"The city centre of Bangui, at PK0 roundabout level","at":[20.9,6.7],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:savanna","tag:rainforest","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cf","feature:iso:140"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:chad","kind":"country","title":"Chad","summary":"Chad is a large country in north-central Africa with no coast at all. The Sahara covers much of the north, savanna with elephants and giraffes covers the south, and Lake Chad lies on its western edge.","path":"/discover/world/countries/chad","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ndjamena-480.webp?v=33d709f9e5a4bf01","alt":"Place de la nation du Tchad","at":[19.4,15.467],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:deserts","tag:lakes","tag:savanna","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:td","feature:iso:148"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:chichen-itza","kind":"landmark","title":"Chich\u00E9n Itz\u00E1","summary":"Chich\u00E9n Itz\u00E1 is the ruin of a great Maya city on the Yucat\u00E1n Peninsula in Mexico. Its people built pyramids, a huge ball court and a round building for watching the sky. Its most famous pyramid, El Castillo, has 365 steps, as many as the days in a year.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/chichen-itza","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-chichen-itza-480.webp?v=c6edabc5817a2ff7","alt":"El Castillo in Chich\u00E9n Itz\u00E1","at":[-88.569,20.683],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:maya","tag:pyramid","tag:ancient-city","tag:astronomy","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","country:mexico"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:christ-the-redeemer","kind":"landmark","title":"Christ the Redeemer","summary":"Christ the Redeemer is a 30-meter statue of Jesus on top of Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built from 1926 to 1931 out of reinforced concrete, it is covered in thousands of small soapstone triangles, and it stands on a pedestal 8 meters high.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/christ-the-redeemer","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-christ-the-redeemer-480.webp?v=500b7e18ef1d3c0d","alt":"Statue Christ the Redeemer over the clouds","at":[-43.21,-22.952],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:south-america","tag:statue","tag:art-deco","tag:concrete","tag:mountains","tag:place-of-worship","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","country:brazil"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:cn-tower","kind":"landmark","title":"CN Tower","summary":"The CN Tower in Toronto is 553 meters tall. It was built between 1973 and 1975 so that radio and TV signals could reach over the city\u0027s new tall buildings. For more than 30 years it was the tallest freestanding structure in the world, and today more than two million people visit it every year.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/cn-tower","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-cn-tower-480.webp?v=6b64fdb5d58a0bf8","alt":"The whole CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, on a sunny day, seen across the water and rising far above the apartment towers on the shore, with the white dome of the Rogers Centre at the left","at":[-79.387,43.643],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:tower","tag:engineering","tag:concrete","tag:broadcasting","continent:north-america","country:canada"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:colosseum","kind":"landmark","title":"Colosseum","summary":"The Colosseum in Rome is an ancient Roman amphitheater, an oval arena with seats all around. Built between about 70 and 80 CE, it held about 50,000 people, who came to watch shows. Today it is one of Rome\u0027s major tourist attractions.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/colosseum","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-colosseum-480.webp?v=d9672afff13e65d6","alt":"Colosseum in Rome, Italy at late blue hour","at":[12.492,41.89],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:amphitheater","tag:ancient-rome","tag:arches","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:italy"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:costa-rica","kind":"country","title":"Costa Rica","summary":"Costa Rica is a small country in Central America between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Volcanoes and mountains run down its middle, its forests are full of wildlife, and many national parks protect them. Since 1949 it has had no army. About 5.2 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/costa-rica","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/animals/resplendent-quetzal-480.webp?v=01e589d24018bffc","alt":"Male Resplendent quetzal in Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica","at":[-84,10],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:volcanoes","tag:rainforest","tag:national-parks","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:cr","feature:iso:188"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cote-d-ivoire","kind":"country","title":"C\u00F4te d\u0027Ivoire","summary":"C\u00F4te d\u0027Ivoire, also called Ivory Coast, is a country on the coast of West Africa. It has lagoons along the sea, rainforest in the south and savanna in the north. It became the world\u0027s leading grower of cocoa beans in the late 1980s, and about 32.7 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cote-d-ivoire","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-abidjan-480.webp?v=1c00af1230e28503","alt":"Photo of Abidjan","at":[-6,8],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:cocoa","tag:lagoons","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ci","feature:iso:384"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cuba","kind":"country","title":"Cuba","summary":"Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, a long, narrow country with about 1,600 smaller islands and cays around it. It has mountains, green valleys, coral reefs and the old city of Havana, its capital. About 9.4 million people lived there at the end of 2025, and Spanish is the main language.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cuba","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-vinales-valley-480.webp?v=380341281e7ccb8c","alt":"Valle de Vi\u00F1ales, Pinar del R\u00EDo, Cuba","at":[-79.5,22],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:islands","tag:caribbean","tag:hurricanes","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:cu","feature:iso:192"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:cyprus","kind":"country","title":"Cyprus","summary":"Cyprus is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily and Sardinia. It has two mountain ranges with a flat plain between them, hot dry summers and rainy winters, and its first known village was built about 9,000 years ago.","path":"/discover/world/countries/cyprus","category":"asia","image":null,"alt":null,"at":[33,35],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:mediterranean","tag:world-heritage","flag:cy","feature:iso:196","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:djibouti","kind":"country","title":"Djibouti","summary":"Djibouti is a small country in the Horn of Africa, where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden. It is hot and dry, with volcanic rock everywhere, and Lake Assal, 155 meters below sea level, is the lowest point in Africa. About 1.2 million people lived there in 2025, most of them in the capital, also called Djibouti.","path":"/discover/world/countries/djibouti","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-djibouti-480.webp?v=f9bd7098d824210f","alt":"An aerial view of Djibouti City, the capital of Djibouti","at":[42.433,11.8],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:coast","tag:volcanoes","tag:rift","continent:africa","flag:dj","feature:iso:262"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:dome-of-the-rock","kind":"landmark","title":"Dome of the Rock","summary":"The Dome of the Rock stands on a wide raised plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was finished in 691 or 692, about 1,330 years ago, which makes it the oldest Islamic monument still standing. Its eight walls are covered in marble and mosaics, and its gilded dome, about 20 meters across, covers a large rock that is deeply important to Muslims.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/dome-of-the-rock","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-dome-of-the-rock-480.webp?v=302567120ac552e3","alt":"Photo of Dome of the Rock","at":[35.235,31.778],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:shrine","tag:islamic-architecture","tag:mosaics","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ecuador","kind":"country","title":"Ecuador","summary":"Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America, named after the equator, which crosses it. In a small space it holds Pacific beaches, high snowy volcanoes of the Andes, part of the Amazon rainforest and the Gal\u00E1pagos Islands, whose wildlife helped Charles Darwin develop his ideas.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ecuador","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-galapagos-islands-480.webp?v=a89cd833397b6d66","alt":"A Gal\u00E1pagos sea lion on a beach at Punta Pitt, San Crist\u00F3bal Island, with cliffs behind","at":[-78,-1],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:equator","tag:volcanoes","tag:islands","tag:rainforest","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:ec","feature:iso:218"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:egyptian-pyramids","kind":"landmark","title":"Egyptian pyramids","summary":"Egypt\u0027s pyramids were giant stone tombs for kings. They did not start out pointed: the first, King Djoser\u0027s Step Pyramid, was a stack of six giant steps. King Snefru\u0027s builders tried again and again, making the Bent Pyramid and then the Red Pyramid, the first planned true pyramid. Soon after came the great pyramids of Giza.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/egyptian-pyramids","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-egypt-480.webp?v=23027ab058106c74","alt":"All Giza Pyramids in one shot","at":[31.128,29.972],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:pyramids","tag:ancient-egypt","tag:engineering","tag:archaeology","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:eiffel-tower","kind":"landmark","title":"Eiffel Tower","summary":"The Eiffel Tower in Paris was built in just over two years for the 1889 World\u0027s Fair. Its 18,038 iron parts are held together by 2.5 million rivets. It was meant to stand for 20 years; today it is 330 meters tall and millions of people visit every year.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/eiffel-tower","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-eiffel-tower-480.webp?v=86ae8c9e6c95f664","alt":"Eiffel Tower, seen from the Champ de Mars, Paris, France","at":[2.294,48.858],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:tower","tag:engineering","tag:iron","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:france"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:empire-state-building","kind":"landmark","title":"Empire State Building","summary":"The Empire State Building rises 1,454 feet (443 meters) over Fifth Avenue in New York City. Its steel frame went up at about four and a half floors a week, and the whole building was finished in one year and 45 days, opening on May 1, 1931.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/empire-state-building","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-empire-state-building-480.webp?v=f49224f95e86c592","alt":"Manhattan, New York","at":[-73.986,40.748],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:skyscraper","tag:art-deco","tag:engineering","tag:steel","tag:new-york","continent:north-america","country:united-states"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:ephesus","kind":"landmark","title":"Ephesus","summary":"Ephesus was a great Greek and Roman city on the west coast of what is now T\u00FCrkiye. Its ruins include ancient streets, a theater for nearly 25,000 people and the Library of Celsus, whose two-story front has been rebuilt. Archaeologists have been digging there since 1895.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/ephesus","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-ephesus-480.webp?v=fea938076cfccac6","alt":"Fa\u00E7ade of the Celsus library, in Ephesus, near Sel\u00E7uk, west Turkey","at":[27.341,37.94],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:roman","tag:library","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:turkiye"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:eritrea","kind":"country","title":"Eritrea","summary":"Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa with a long coast on the Red Sea. Its capital, Asmara, sits high in cool mountains, while the coast below has one of the highest average temperatures in the world. About 3.6 million people live there, and its name comes from the Latin words for the Red Sea.","path":"/discover/world/countries/eritrea","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-asmara-480.webp?v=067ccb18d24b1567","alt":"Photo of Asmara","at":[38.25,15.483],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:red-sea","tag:highlands","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:er","feature:iso:232"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:estonia","kind":"country","title":"Estonia","summary":"Estonia is the northernmost of the three Baltic states in northeastern Europe. Its low land of forests, bogs and lakes was shaped by ice, it has about 1,500 islands and islets, and about 1.36 million people lived there at the start of 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/estonia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-keri-lighthouse-480.webp?v=b956222bdf1122ae","alt":"Photo of Keri Lighthouse","at":[26,59],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:baltic-sea","tag:islands","tag:forests","tag:lighthouses","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ee","feature:iso:233"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:fatehpur-sikri","kind":"landmark","title":"Fatehpur Sikri","summary":"Fatehpur Sikri, the \u0022City of Victory,\u0022 was built on a ridge near Agra, India, by the Mughal emperor Akbar from 1571. It was his capital until 1585. Its red sandstone palaces, halls and great mosque still stand, and its gateway, the Buland Darwaza, is 40 meters tall.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/fatehpur-sikri","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-fatehpur-sikri-480.webp?v=723d7eee3a52b2dd","alt":"The Buland Darwaza, the tall red sandstone gate of the great mosque at Fatehpur Sikri, India, with visitors on the steps below","at":[77.661,27.091],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:city","tag:mughal","tag:sandstone","tag:mosque","tag:palace","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:india"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:forbidden-city","kind":"landmark","title":"Forbidden City","summary":"The Forbidden City in Beijing was built between 1406 and 1420 as the palace of China\u0027s emperors. Over about 500 years, 24 emperors came to the throne there. High walls and a wide moat surround it. Since 1925 it has been the Palace Museum, and it became a World Heritage Site in 1987.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/forbidden-city","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-forbidden-city-480.webp?v=334313419a1dc68a","alt":"View the Forbidden City from Jingshan Park","at":[116.391,39.916],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:palace","tag:museum","tag:ming-dynasty","tag:world-heritage","tag:wooden-architecture","continent:asia","country:china"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:gabon","kind":"country","title":"Gabon","summary":"Gabon is a country on the Atlantic coast of Africa, right on the equator. About three-fourths of it is covered by dense rainforest, home to forest elephants, gorillas and mandrills. Most people live in towns and cities, and the 2026 census counted about 3.5 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/gabon","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-libreville-480.webp?v=3943a8a1ae552837","alt":"Une vue a\u00E9rienne de nuit du Port International d\u0027Owendo situ\u00E9 au sud de la capitale Libreville dans la commune d\u0027Owendo","at":[11.5,-0.683],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:equator","tag:gorillas","tag:elephants","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ga","feature:iso:266"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:georgia","kind":"country","title":"Georgia","summary":"Georgia is a country at the eastern end of the Black Sea, below the high, icy Greater Caucasus mountains. It has warm, wet coasts, dry eastern plains and old monasteries, and about 3.9 million people lived there at the start of 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/georgia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-georgia-480.webp?v=6ec40eb016ad6108","alt":"The snowy peak of Mount Kazbek in evening light, Georgia","at":[44,42],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:black-sea","tag:caucasus","tag:world-heritage","flag:ge","feature:iso:268","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:ghana","kind":"country","title":"Ghana","summary":"Ghana is a country in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. It has a coast of sandy bays, a belt of rainforest and wide northern savannas, and one of the world\u0027s largest artificial lakes, Lake Volta. In 1957 it became independent, and its capital is Accra.","path":"/discover/world/countries/ghana","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-accra-480.webp?v=6f37c1345ee5b9f9","alt":"Photo of Accra","at":[-1.023,7.946],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:rainforest","tag:savanna","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:gh","feature:iso:288"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:giza-pyramid-complex","kind":"landmark","title":"Giza pyramid complex","summary":"The Giza pyramid complex is a group of ancient tombs on a rocky plateau beside the Nile River in Egypt. Three kings from one family, Khufu, his son Khafre and his grandson Menkaure, built huge pyramids there about 4,500 years ago. Around them are temples, small pyramids for queens, rows of tombs for nobles, the Great Sphinx and even the town where the builders lived.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/giza-pyramid-complex","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-giza-pyramid-complex-480.webp?v=82d0c21b0a38bfca","alt":"Pyramids of the Giza Necropolis","at":[31.133,29.976],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:pyramids","tag:ancient-egypt","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:golden-gate-bridge","kind":"landmark","title":"Golden Gate Bridge","summary":"The Golden Gate Bridge crosses the Golden Gate, the strait where San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. Built from 1933 to 1937, it hangs from two huge steel cables slung over towers 746 feet (227 meters) above the water, and it is painted a color called International Orange.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/golden-gate-bridge","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-golden-gate-bridge-480.webp?v=258ce56aeb7c94c5","alt":"Aerial view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the southern direction","at":[-122.479,37.82],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:bridge","tag:suspension-bridge","tag:engineering","tag:steel","tag:art-deco","continent:north-america","country:united-states"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:great-pyramid-of-giza","kind":"landmark","title":"Great Pyramid of Giza","summary":"The Great Pyramid of Giza was built more than 4,500 years ago as the tomb of King Khufu of Egypt. About 2.3 million stone blocks were cut, moved and stacked to make it. Egypt\u0027s antiquities ministry calls it the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/great-pyramid-of-giza","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-egypt-480.webp?v=23027ab058106c74","alt":"All Giza Pyramids in one shot","at":[31.134,29.979],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:pyramid","tag:ancient-egypt","tag:tomb","tag:limestone","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:great-wall-of-china","kind":"landmark","title":"Great Wall of China","summary":"The Great Wall is not one wall but many walls, built over about 2,000 years across northern China. The best-kept part, built under the Ming emperors, runs about 8,850 kilometers, with watchtowers, gates and signal towers along the way.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/great-wall-of-china","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-great-wall-of-china-480.webp?v=9f9e63434bc0e654","alt":"Badaling, China: Great Wall of China at Badaling","at":[116.564,40.431],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:fortification","tag:ancient","tag:world-heritage","tag:mountains","continent:asia","country:china"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:guinea","kind":"country","title":"Guinea","summary":"Guinea is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Three of West Africa\u0027s great rivers, the Niger, the S\u00E9n\u00E9gal and the Gambia, begin in its Fouta Djallon highlands. It has rainy coasts, high plateaus, savanna and rainforest, and about 17.5 million people were counted there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/guinea","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-conakry-480.webp?v=e0bb36f3120a9096","alt":"Conakry vue de drone, Mosqu\u00E9e s\u00E9n\u00E9galaise et son environnement","at":[-11,10],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rivers","tag:highlands","tag:rainforest","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:gn","feature:iso:324"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:guinea-bissau","kind":"country","title":"Guinea-Bissau","summary":"Guinea-Bissau is a small country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Its land is low and flat, and the tide pushes seawater far up its rivers. Off the coast lie the Bijag\u00F3s Islands, where sea turtles nest and hippos swim in the sea. The 2026 national census counted about 2.2 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/guinea-bissau","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bissau-480.webp?v=9f3d9adcbdcc1eb8","alt":"The Monumento aos Her\u00F3is da Independ\u00EAncia at Pra\u00E7a dos Herois Nacionais in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau","at":[-15,12],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:islands","tag:mangroves","tag:sea-turtles","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:gw","feature:iso:624"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:hagia-sophia","kind":"landmark","title":"Hagia Sophia","summary":"Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was built in under six years, from 532 to 537, for the emperor Justinian. Its enormous dome seems to float on a ring of 40 windows. Over almost 1,500 years it has been a church, a mosque and a museum, and since 2020 it has been a mosque.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/hagia-sophia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-hagia-sophia-480.webp?v=6b20ce320db73252","alt":"Photo of Hagia Sophia","at":[28.98,41.008],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:dome","tag:byzantine","tag:ottoman","tag:world-heritage","tag:place-of-worship","continent:asia","country:turkiye"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:haiti","kind":"country","title":"Haiti","summary":"Haiti covers the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. Its name comes from an old word meaning mountainous land. In 1804, after enslaved people freed themselves, Haiti became independent, and its people created their own language, art and music. About 11.9 million people lived there in 2024.","path":"/discover/world/countries/haiti","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-sans-souci-palace-480.webp?v=86a32d74a6cde765","alt":"The front of the Sans-Souci palace, in Milot, Haiti","at":[-72.8,19],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:caribbean","tag:mountains","tag:independence","tag:art","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:ht","feature:iso:332"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:harmandir-sahib","kind":"landmark","title":"Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple)","summary":"Harmandir Sahib, often called the Golden Temple, is the most important gurdwara, or place of worship, for Sikhs. It stands on a small island in a pool in Amritsar, India, and a marble causeway leads out to it. Its upper stories are covered in gilded copper, and its free kitchen serves meals to about 100,000 people a day.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/harmandir-sahib","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-harmandir-sahib-480.webp?v=c1a86d0917697031","alt":"Hamandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib","at":[74.877,31.62],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:gurdwara","tag:place-of-worship","tag:architecture","tag:gold","continent:asia","country:india"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:hermitage-museum","kind":"landmark","title":"Hermitage Museum","summary":"The Hermitage in Saint Petersburg is one of the world\u0027s great art museums. Empress Catherine the Great started it in 1764 as her private collection, and it opened to the public in 1852. Today it fills five connected buildings, including the green and white Winter Palace, and holds nearly three million objects, from the Stone Age to today.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/hermitage-museum","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-hermitage-museum-480.webp?v=bbec71237f3edad7","alt":"Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg","at":[30.314,59.941],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:museum","tag:art","tag:palace","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:russia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:honduras","kind":"country","title":"Honduras","summary":"Honduras is a mountainous country in Central America, with the Caribbean Sea to the north and a short Pacific coast to the south. Its forests are home to jaguars and macaws, the Maya city of Cop\u00E1n stands in the west, and about 10.2 million people live there (official 2026 estimate).","path":"/discover/world/countries/honduras","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-copan-480.webp?v=2693ea86698a8418","alt":"Stela B at the Cop\u00E1n archaeological site in Honduras","at":[-86.817,14.633],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:mountains","tag:rainforest","tag:maya","tag:caribbean","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:hn","feature:iso:340"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:iraq","kind":"country","title":"Iraq","summary":"Iraq is a country in the Middle East. Its two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, water a wide plain that was once called Mesopotamia, where some of the world\u0027s earliest cities grew. About 46.1 million people were counted there in 2024, and its capital is Baghdad.","path":"/discover/world/countries/iraq","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-iraq-480.webp?v=a404c359e76cd51e","alt":"View of Sulaymaniyah City in Winter Snow","at":[43,33],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rivers","tag:ancient-cities","tag:marshes","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:iq","feature:iso:368"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:jordan","kind":"country","title":"Jordan","summary":"Jordan is a kingdom in Southwest Asia, mostly covered by rocky desert. It is home to Petra, a city carved into red sandstone cliffs long ago, the wild valleys of Wadi Rum, and the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on land. About 11.5 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/jordan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-wadi-rum-480.webp?v=423267a3af93e0bf","alt":"Mountains of Wadi Rum seen through a hole formed by rocks","at":[36.5,31.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:ancient-cities","tag:dead-sea","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:jo","feature:iso:400"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:kazakhstan","kind":"country","title":"Kazakhstan","summary":"Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia and the ninth largest in the world. It has no ocean coast, but the Caspian Sea lies along its southwest edge. About 20.6 million people lived there in 2026, and its capital is Astana.","path":"/discover/world/countries/kazakhstan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-mausoleum-of-khoja-ahmed-yasawi-480.webp?v=187972c5cd5d7126","alt":"Photo of Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi","at":[68,48],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:steppe","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:space","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kz","feature:iso:398"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:kiyomizu-dera","kind":"landmark","title":"Kiyomizu-dera","summary":"Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple on the slope of Mount Otowa in Kyoto, Japan. The temple says it was founded in 778. Its Main Hall, rebuilt in 1633, has a famous wooden stage about 13 meters high, held up by 18 giant pillars joined without nails. The name means \u0022pure water,\u0022 after a waterfall on the grounds.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/kiyomizu-dera","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-kiyomizu-dera-480.webp?v=f43df78816241503","alt":"Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Ref","at":[135.785,34.995],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:temple","tag:wooden-architecture","tag:kyoto","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:japan"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:kuwait","kind":"country","title":"Kuwait","summary":"Kuwait is a small desert country at the top of the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It grew from a trading town on Kuwait Bay into a modern country after oil was found. About 4.9 million people live there, most of them in and around Kuwait City.","path":"/discover/world/countries/kuwait","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-kuwait-city-480.webp?v=b0eb188380bf13ff","alt":"Photo of Kuwait City","at":[47.6,29.167],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:coast","tag:oil","tag:persian-gulf","continent:asia","flag:kw","feature:iso:414"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:laos","kind":"country","title":"Laos","summary":"Laos is a landlocked country in mainland Southeast Asia, covered mostly by forested mountains. The Mekong River runs along its western side, and most people live in villages and grow rice. Its capital, Vientiane, stands on the Mekong.","path":"/discover/world/countries/laos","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-laos-480.webp?v=8ffd49d8bc755bd0","alt":"Photo of Laos","at":[104.1,18.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:la","feature:iso:418"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:leaning-tower-of-pisa","kind":"landmark","title":"Leaning Tower of Pisa","summary":"The Leaning Tower is the bell tower of Pisa\u0027s cathedral, in Italy. Building began in 1173, and the tower started to lean while workers were still on its second floor, because soft ground lay under shallow foundations. It is 58.36 meters tall, has seven bells and 273 steps, and engineers made it safe between 1990 and 2001.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/leaning-tower-of-pisa","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-leaning-tower-of-pisa-480.webp?v=348558c4aa0dfe67","alt":"Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy","at":[10.397,43.723],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:tower","tag:bell-tower","tag:engineering","tag:marble","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:italy"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:lebanon","kind":"country","title":"Lebanon","summary":"Lebanon is a small country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Snowcapped mountains rise steeply behind its narrow coast, and its coast holds some of the oldest settlements in the world, such as Byblos. Arabic is the official language, and the capital is Beirut.","path":"/discover/world/countries/lebanon","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-byblos-480.webp?v=1ef2f06764374d46","alt":"Byblos / Libanon 2003","at":[35.767,33.833],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:mediterranean","tag:world-heritage","tag:cedars","continent:asia","flag:lb","feature:iso:422"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:liberia","kind":"country","title":"Liberia","summary":"Liberia is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, with long beaches, many rivers and lush rainforest. It was founded in the 1820s as a home for formerly enslaved people from the United States and became independent in 1847. About 5.8 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/liberia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-monrovia-480.webp?v=2ad673a97d8536e1","alt":"Photo of Monrovia","at":[-9.75,6.533],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:coast","tag:rivers","tag:rubber","tag:republic","continent:africa","flag:lr","feature:iso:430"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:libya","kind":"country","title":"Libya","summary":"Libya is a large country in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea. About nine-tenths of it is the plateau of the Sahara, and it has no rivers that flow all year. Most people live along the coast, in cities such as Tripoli and Benghazi.","path":"/discover/world/countries/libya","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-tripoli-480.webp?v=09cfd63baac94577","alt":"Marcus Aurelius Arch in Tripoli, Libya, built in 163 CE","at":[17,27],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:sahara","tag:mediterranean","tag:ancient-cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ly","feature:iso:434"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:liechtenstein","kind":"country","title":"Liechtenstein","summary":"Liechtenstein is one of the smallest countries in Europe, tucked between Switzerland and Austria. Its west is the flat valley of the Rhine River, and its east is steep Alpine mountains. About 41,000 people live there, and its head of state is a prince.","path":"/discover/world/countries/liechtenstein","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-vaduz-480.webp?v=56a295e55d1444ef","alt":"An unobstructed view of the centre and north of Vaduz, Liechtenstein","at":[9.554,47.145],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:microstate","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:alps","continent:europe","flag:li","feature:iso:438"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:lighthouse-of-alexandria","kind":"landmark","title":"Lighthouse of Alexandria","summary":"The Lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Finished in about 280 BCE on the island of Pharos, it was said to be more than 110 meters tall. An earthquake in the 1300s brought it down, and in 1477 a fortress was built on its ruins.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/lighthouse-of-alexandria","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-lighthouse-of-alexandria-480.webp?v=80e585291b4e3de0","alt":"The Citadel of Qaitbay in Alexandria, built on the site of the ancient lighthouse","at":[29.885,31.214],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:lighthouse","tag:seven-wonders","tag:ancient-egypt","tag:underwater-archaeology","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:lithuania","kind":"country","title":"Lithuania","summary":"Lithuania is the largest and southernmost of the three Baltic states. Its low land was shaped by glaciers and holds about 3,000 lakes, a long spit of sand dunes lines its coast, and about 2.89 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/lithuania","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-vilnius-480.webp?v=54822738024b4687","alt":"The modern skyline of Vilnius, Lithuania, as viewed at dusk from Gediminas\u0027 Tower looking north-west","at":[24,55.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:baltic-sea","tag:lakes","tag:sand-dunes","tag:forests","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:lt","feature:iso:440"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:london-bridge","kind":"landmark","title":"London Bridge","summary":"London Bridge crosses the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark. Today\u0027s bridge, made of concrete, opened in 1973, but bridges have stood here for almost 2,000 years. The stone bridge before it was sold and rebuilt in Arizona, in the United States!","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/london-bridge","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-london-bridge-480.webp?v=2cd0f2679568475a","alt":"London Bridge from the South bank of the River Thames","at":[-0.088,51.508],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:bridge","tag:engineering","tag:concrete","tag:river-thames","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:london-eye","kind":"landmark","title":"London Eye","summary":"The London Eye is a huge observation wheel, 135 meters tall, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It was built for the year 2000, the new millennium. Its 32 glass capsules carry up to 25 people each, and the wheel turns so slowly that people step on while it moves.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/london-eye","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-london-eye-480.webp?v=4b8e4f2ebed74ced","alt":"The London Eye and County Hall seen from the north bank of the River Thames, Lambeth, London, England","at":[-0.12,51.503],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:observation-wheel","tag:engineering","tag:river-thames","tag:millennium","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:louvre-museum","kind":"landmark","title":"Louvre Museum","summary":"The Louvre in Paris began as a castle in 1190, grew into a royal palace and became a museum in 1793. About 30,000 works of art are on show, including the Mona Lisa. Since 1989, visitors have entered through a glass pyramid; 9 million came in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/louvre-museum","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-louvre-museum-480.webp?v=1b46e8a2fd0c1ac2","alt":"Courtyard of the Museum of Louvre, and its pyramid","at":[2.336,48.861],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:museum","tag:palace","tag:art","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:france"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:luxembourg","kind":"country","title":"Luxembourg","summary":"Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in the world, tucked between Belgium, France and Germany. It has forested hills in the north, farms and vineyards in the south, a capital built on a steep rocky outcrop, and about 691,000 people (2026) who use Luxembourgish, French and German.","path":"/discover/world/countries/luxembourg","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-luxembourg-480.webp?v=606f21043a8024dd","alt":"Luxembourg City Hall","at":[6.13,49.77],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:small-countries","tag:forests","tag:languages","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:lu","feature:iso:442"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:machu-picchu","kind":"landmark","title":"Machu Picchu","summary":"Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca town on a ridge high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Its stone buildings fit together without mortar, and farm terraces step down the slopes. It was left empty in the 1500s and became known to the outside world in 1911.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/machu-picchu","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-machu-picchu-480.webp?v=5fd302a57b5b5b1e","alt":"The Macchu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Cusco in Peru, at twilight","at":[-72.546,-13.163],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:south-america","tag:inca","tag:mountains","tag:terraces","tag:world-heritage","tag:archaeology","continent:south-america","country:peru"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:madagascar","kind":"country","title":"Madagascar","summary":"Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world, in the Indian Ocean off southeastern Africa. It split from other land more than 60 million years ago, so many of its plants and animals, such as its lemurs, live nowhere else. About 32.7 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/madagascar","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-antananarivo-480.webp?v=b74a94a2bb4ae2b9","alt":"Vue sur Antananarivo De nuit","at":[47,-20],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:islands","tag:rainforest","tag:endemic-wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:mg","feature:iso:450"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:malawi","kind":"country","title":"Malawi","summary":"Malawi is a narrow country in southeastern Africa that curves along the Great Rift Valley. Lake Malawi, one of the deepest lakes in the world, covers more than a fifth of the country, and it is home to hundreds of kinds of colorful fish. About 21 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/malawi","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-lake-malawi-480.webp?v=11662baa3dc35e29","alt":"Cape McLear, Malawi","at":[34,-13],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:lakes","tag:rift-valley","tag:fish","tag:highlands","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:mw","feature:iso:454"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:malaysia","kind":"country","title":"Malaysia","summary":"Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia, just north of the Equator. One part is on the Malay Peninsula and the other is on the island of Borneo. It has rainforests, huge caves, Mount Kinabalu and the city of Kuala Lumpur, with about 34.4 million people (2026).","path":"/discover/world/countries/malaysia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-kuala-lumpur-480.webp?v=eb99dbbaf219f4fd","alt":"Moonrise over kuala lumpur","at":[102.314,3.78],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rainforests","tag:islands","tag:caves","tag:skyscrapers","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:my","feature:iso:458"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mali","kind":"country","title":"Mali","summary":"Mali is one of the largest countries in Africa. Its north is part of the Sahara, its middle is the dry Sahel, and its south has savanna. The Niger River flows through it, and long ago great empires grew rich here from trade in gold. About 25.2 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mali","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-great-mosque-of-djenne-480.webp?v=9c46151356bb0129","alt":"W:Great Mosque of Djenn\u00E9","at":[-4,17],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:sahara","tag:sahel","tag:niger-river","tag:landlocked","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ml","feature:iso:466"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:malta","kind":"country","title":"Malta","summary":"Malta is a small island country in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. Its islands are made of limestone, its capital Valletta was built by the Knights of St John in the 1500s, and about 588,000 people lived there at the end of 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/malta","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-malta-480.webp?v=2a45e7bdde3d6b74","alt":"Photo of Malta","at":[14.4,35.9],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:islands","tag:mediterranean","tag:limestone","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:mt","feature:iso:470"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mauritania","kind":"country","title":"Mauritania","summary":"Mauritania is a large country in northwest Africa where the Sahara meets the Atlantic Ocean. Dunes cover about half the land, ancient trading towns stand by desert oases, and many kinds of migrating birds spend the winter on its coast. About 5.3 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mauritania","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-richat-structure-480.webp?v=d2d73ecc52262c8d","alt":"Guelb er Rich\u00E2t, Mauritania","at":[-11,21],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:sahara","tag:coast","tag:birds","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:mr","feature:iso:478"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:mausoleum-at-halicarnassus","kind":"landmark","title":"Mausoleum at Halicarnassus","summary":"The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of Mausolus, ruler of Caria, in what is now southwestern Turkey. Built around 353 to 351 BCE, it was covered in sculptures by four famous Greek artists and became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. An earthquake probably brought it down, and its stones went into other buildings, but its name lives on in the word \u0027mausoleum\u0027.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/mausoleum-at-halicarnassus","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-mausoleum-at-halicarnassus-480.webp?v=8f466cba61b1aff2","alt":"The ruins of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in Caria , constructed for King Mausolus during the mid-4th century BC","at":[27.424,37.038],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:seven-wonders","tag:ancient-greece","tag:tomb","tag:archaeology","continent:asia","country:turkiye"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:memphis","kind":"landmark","title":"Memphis","summary":"Memphis was the capital of Egypt in the time of the first great pyramids, more than 4,000 years ago. It stood on the west side of the Nile, about 24 kilometers south of modern Cairo. Kings, priests, craftworkers and traders lived there, and its rulers were buried in pyramids and tombs along the desert edge, from Giza to Dahshur.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/memphis","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-memphis-480.webp?v=d1a2b13357f18cb8","alt":"Sculpture of Rameses II, Middle Kingdom","at":[31.251,29.845],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:ancient-egypt","tag:ancient-city","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:metropolitan-museum-of-art","kind":"landmark","title":"Metropolitan Museum of Art","summary":"The Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Met, stands on Fifth Avenue at the edge of Central Park in New York City. Founded in 1870, it is the largest art museum in the city, with art from ancient Egypt to today. Its grand front, with three arches and pairs of columns, was finished in 1902.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/metropolitan-museum-of-art","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-metropolitan-museum-of-art-480.webp?v=c501198437e98283","alt":"The Metropolitan Museum of Art entrance fa\u00E7ade in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City","at":[-73.963,40.779],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:museum","tag:art","tag:architecture","tag:city","continent:north-america","country:united-states"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:milan-cathedral","kind":"landmark","title":"Milan Cathedral","summary":"Milan Cathedral, called the Duomo, is a giant Gothic cathedral made of pink-and-white marble. Building began in 1386, and the last details of its front were finished only in 1965. 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Its ruins were found in 1922.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/mohenjo-daro","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-mohenjo-daro-480.webp?v=d2761d167a20e73c","alt":"Modern main entrance gate of the 5,000 old archeological site of Mohenjo-daro","at":[68.139,27.329],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:indus-civilization","tag:archaeology","tag:city-planning","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:pakistan"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:moldova","kind":"country","title":"Moldova","summary":"Moldova is a small landlocked country in eastern Europe, squeezed between Romania and Ukraine. Most of it lies between two rivers, the Prut and the Dniester, and its rich black soil grows grapes, sunflowers, grain and fruit. About 2.4 million people were counted there in 2024.","path":"/discover/world/countries/moldova","category":"europe","image":null,"alt":null,"at":[28.517,47.25],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:rivers","tag:farming","tag:black-soil","continent:europe","flag:md","feature:iso:498"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:monaco","kind":"country","title":"Monaco","summary":"Monaco is a very small country on the Mediterranean coast, with France all around it on land. It covers just over 2 square kilometers, about 38,900 people lived there at the end of 2025, and it has been ruled by princes of the Grimaldi family since 1297.","path":"/discover/world/countries/monaco","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-monaco-480.webp?v=44e5219bcdda3adc","alt":"Panoramic view of Monaco from a viewpoint near the observatory which is situated in the south of the village of \u0022La Turbie\u0022","at":[7.42,43.731],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:smallest-countries","tag:mediterranean","tag:coast","tag:city-state","continent:europe","flag:mc","feature:iso:492"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mongolia","kind":"country","title":"Mongolia","summary":"Mongolia is a large, landlocked country in Asia, between Russia and China. Most of it is a high plateau of grassy steppe, with mountains in the west and the Gobi in the south, and about 3.6 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mongolia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ulaanbaatar-480.webp?v=a986d9c54b1480b1","alt":"View of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, with the Blue Sky Tower","at":[105,46],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:landlocked","tag:grasslands","tag:desert","tag:nomads","continent:asia","flag:mn","feature:iso:496"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:montenegro","kind":"country","title":"Montenegro","summary":"Montenegro is a small country in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea. High, rocky mountains rise right behind its narrow coast, the Tara River has cut Europe\u0027s deepest gorge, and about 624,000 people lived there at the 2023 census.","path":"/discover/world/countries/montenegro","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-podgorica-480.webp?v=702f54b0a98304a1","alt":"Photo of Podgorica","at":[19.217,42.767],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:coast","tag:karst","tag:balkans","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:me","feature:iso:499"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:le-mont-saint-michel","kind":"landmark","title":"Mont-Saint-Michel","summary":"Mont-Saint-Michel is a small rocky island off the coast of Normandy, in France. On top stands a Benedictine abbey built between the 1000s and 1500s, with a village and strong walls below. Around it, some of the biggest tides in Europe rush in and out across a huge sandy bay.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/le-mont-saint-michel","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-le-mont-saint-michel-480.webp?v=f2742f141bd8ec4c","alt":"Mont Saint-Michel, in Normandy , at night","at":[-1.51,48.636],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:abbey","tag:island","tag:tides","tag:middle-ages","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:france"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:morocco","kind":"country","title":"Morocco","summary":"Morocco is a country in the northwest corner of Africa, with coasts on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlas Mountains cross its center, and its 2024 census counted about 36.8 million people, in cities such as Casablanca, Rabat, Fez and Marrakesh and in mountain villages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/morocco","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-ait-benhaddou-480.webp?v=7f0c9c0436dd6b34","alt":"Photo of A\u00EFt Benhaddou","at":[-6,32],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:mountains","tag:atlantic","tag:mediterranean","tag:sahara","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ma","feature:iso:504"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:kremlin","kind":"landmark","title":"Moscow Kremlin","summary":"The Moscow Kremlin is the oldest part of Moscow. It began as a wooden fort on a hill by the Moskva River. Its present walls and towers were built from 1485 to 1516. Inside stand golden-domed cathedrals, palaces, a tall bell tower and museums.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/kremlin","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-kremlin-480.webp?v=f140bf381f1328bc","alt":"Photo of Kremlin","at":[37.618,55.752],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:fortress","tag:palace","tag:cathedrals","tag:towers","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:russia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:mount-rushmore","kind":"landmark","title":"Mount Rushmore","summary":"Mount Rushmore is a granite mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota. From 1927 to 1941, nearly 400 workers carved the faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln into it, each about 60 feet (18 meters) tall. Most of the rock was removed with dynamite.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/mount-rushmore","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-mount-rushmore-480.webp?v=2c4d0ac1acea05e0","alt":"Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, United States","at":[-103.459,43.879],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:sculpture","tag:granite","tag:presidents","tag:national-memorial","continent:north-america","country:united-states"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:mozambique","kind":"country","title":"Mozambique","summary":"Mozambique stretches along the Indian Ocean coast of southeastern Africa. The great Zambezi River cuts through its middle, its beaches face the island of Madagascar, and parks like Gorongosa are home to elephants and lions. About 35.6 million people lived there in 2025, and Portuguese is the official language.","path":"/discover/world/countries/mozambique","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-maputo-480.webp?v=020cb273f86870fa","alt":"Maputo seen from the air, from southeast","at":[35,-19],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:indian-ocean","tag:rivers","tag:national-parks","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:mz","feature:iso:508"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:musee-dorsay","kind":"landmark","title":"Mus\u00E9e d\u0027Orsay","summary":"The Mus\u00E9e d\u0027Orsay in Paris was built as a grand train station for the World\u0027s Fair of 1900. After the trains stopped, it was turned into a museum, which opened in 1986. Today about 3.7 million people a year come to see its art from 1848 to 1914, including famous Impressionist paintings.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/musee-dorsay","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-musee-dorsay-480.webp?v=5f3368f9fb816168","alt":"Photo of Mus\u00E9e d\u0027Orsay","at":[2.326,48.86],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:museum","tag:art","tag:railway-station","tag:architecture","continent:europe","country:france"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:museo-del-prado","kind":"landmark","title":"Museo del Prado","summary":"The Museo del Prado in Madrid opened in 1819 to show the paintings collected by Spain\u0027s kings and queens. Its stone building was first planned as a science museum. Today it holds about 8,600 paintings, including the world\u0027s most complete collections of the Spanish painters El Greco, Vel\u00E1zquez and Goya.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/museo-del-prado","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-museo-del-prado-480.webp?v=28a401df1f7faca2","alt":"P\u00F3rtico hex\u00E1stilo de estilo neocl\u00E1sico del Museo del Prado en Madrid, conocido como Puerta de Vel\u00E1zquez","at":[-3.692,40.414],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:museum","tag:art","tag:painting","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:spain"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:myanmar","kind":"country","title":"Myanmar","summary":"Myanmar, also called Burma, is the northernmost country of Southeast Asia. Snowy mountains rise in the far north, and the long Irrawaddy River flows south through its heartland to a huge delta of rice fields. About 55 million people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/myanmar","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-shwedagon-pagoda-480.webp?v=6ee1c470327df4e7","alt":"Southern stairway of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar","at":[96,22],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:rivers","tag:mountains","tag:temples","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:mm","feature:iso:104"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:mycenae","kind":"landmark","title":"Mycenae","summary":"Mycenae, in southern Greece, was the richest and most important palace city of Bronze Age Greece, more than 3,000 years ago. Its people built huge stone walls, a palace, a gate topped with two carved lions and great round tombs. Archaeologists have found gold masks, cups and jewelry there, and clay tablets with an early form of Greek writing.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/mycenae","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-mycenae-480.webp?v=6428fd1dadba6b2f","alt":"Ruins in Mycenae","at":[22.756,37.731],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:archaeology","tag:bronze-age","tag:ancient-greece","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:greece"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:namibia","kind":"country","title":"Namibia","summary":"Namibia lies on the southwestern coast of Africa. The Namib, a desert of huge dunes kept alive by sea fog, runs along its coast, a high plateau with farms and wildlife fills its middle, and the dry Kalahari lies to the east. Namibia became independent in 1990.","path":"/discover/world/countries/namibia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-namibia-480.webp?v=f53c01c150183a46","alt":"Huge dune in Km 39, Sossusvlei, Namibia","at":[17,-23],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:deserts","tag:dunes","tag:coast","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:na","feature:iso:516"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:nepal","kind":"country","title":"Nepal","summary":"Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia, between India and China. It climbs from flat, warm farmland in the south to the snowy Himalaya in the north, where Mount Everest stands, and about 29.6 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/nepal","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-sagarmatha-national-park-480.webp?v=1f42dff8a6381b1d","alt":"Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world","at":[84,28],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:landlocked","tag:himalaya","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:np","feature:iso:524"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:neuschwanstein-castle","kind":"landmark","title":"Neuschwanstein Castle","summary":"Neuschwanstein Castle stands on a rocky ridge in Bavaria, Germany. King Ludwig II had it built from 1869 as a private retreat in the style of a medieval knights\u0027 castle, but with the newest technology inside. It opened to visitors in 1886, and in 2025 about 1.1 million people came.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/neuschwanstein-castle","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-neuschwanstein-castle-480.webp?v=8d8d72e46457ccf9","alt":"Neuschwanstein Castle at Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany","at":[10.749,47.558],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:castle","tag:palace","tag:historicism","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:germany"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:new-zealand","kind":"country","title":"New Zealand","summary":"New Zealand, also called Aotearoa, is an island country in the South Pacific. Its two main islands have snowy mountains, glaciers, volcanoes and deep fiords, and about 5.36 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/new-zealand","category":"oceania","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-aoraki-mount-cook-480.webp?v=623d9f62ffef6ea9","alt":"Aoraki/Mt Cook from the upper parts of the track to Mueller Hut, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand","at":[174,-41.2],"facets":["kind:country","category:oceania","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:volcanoes","tag:glaciers","tag:world-heritage","continent:oceania","flag:nz","feature:iso:554"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:niger","kind":"country","title":"Niger","summary":"Niger is a large, landlocked country in West Africa, named after the Niger River. The Sahara Desert covers the north, the drier grasslands of the Sahel cross the middle, and most people live and farm in the south. About 27.9 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/niger","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-zinder-480.webp?v=9eb169fe77dee2e3","alt":"Zinder Old Town in Niger, 2007","at":[10,17],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:desert","tag:sahara","tag:sahel","tag:river","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ne","feature:iso:562"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:nigeria","kind":"country","title":"Nigeria","summary":"Nigeria is a large country in West Africa, named after the Niger River. It has rainforests in the south and dry grasslands in the north, and it is Africa\u0027s most populous country, with about 238 million people in 2025 who speak hundreds of languages.","path":"/discover/world/countries/nigeria","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-abuja-480.webp?v=f3b510e2cae12fdb","alt":"Photo of Abuja","at":[8,9],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rivers","tag:rainforest","tag:savanna","tag:many-languages","tag:cities","continent:africa","flag:ng","feature:iso:566"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:nineveh","kind":"landmark","title":"Nineveh","summary":"Nineveh was the biggest city of the Assyrian Empire, on the east bank of the Tigris River in what is now Mosul, Iraq. About 2,700 years ago, King Sennacherib filled it with streets, canals and a palace of at least 80 rooms, and King Ashurbanipal collected a library of clay tablets. In 612 BCE the city was conquered and burned, and it never recovered.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/nineveh","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-nineveh-480.webp?v=85b3e94807876264","alt":"Photo of Nineveh","at":[43.153,36.359],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:assyria","tag:archaeology","tag:mesopotamia","continent:asia","country:iraq"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:north-korea","kind":"country","title":"North Korea","summary":"North Korea, officially the Democratic People\u0027s Republic of Korea, covers the northern part of the Korean peninsula in East Asia. It is a land of mountains and river valleys with long, cold winters. About 26.6 million people lived there in 2025, and almost all of them speak Korean.","path":"/discover/world/countries/north-korea","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-hamhung-480.webp?v=5337c3d23a652594","alt":"Hamhung, North Korea","at":[127,40],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:peninsula","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:kp","feature:iso:408"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:north-macedonia","kind":"country","title":"North Macedonia","summary":"North Macedonia is a small, landlocked country in the Balkans of southeastern Europe. It is mostly mountains, the Vardar River runs through its middle, Lake Ohrid has existed for millions of years, and about 1.8 million people lived there in 2023.","path":"/discover/world/countries/north-macedonia","category":"europe","image":null,"alt":null,"at":[21.717,41.65],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:lakes","tag:balkans","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:mk","feature:iso:807"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:notre-dame-de-paris","kind":"landmark","title":"Notre-Dame de Paris","summary":"Notre-Dame de Paris is the cathedral of Paris, a Catholic church begun in 1163 on an island in the Seine River. Its towers are 68 meters tall. In 2019 a fire destroyed most of its roof and its spire, and after five years of work it reopened in December 2024.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/notre-dame-de-paris","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-notre-dame-de-paris-480.webp?v=77fd7e3878ca1690","alt":"Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, West view, Paris, France","at":[2.35,48.853],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:cathedral","tag:gothic","tag:place-of-worship","tag:restoration","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:france"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:olympia","kind":"landmark","title":"Olympia","summary":"Olympia, in a green valley in southern Greece, was a great religious sanctuary of the ancient Greeks and the home of the ancient Olympic Games. The Games were held there every four years from 776 BCE to 393 CE. Today you can walk among the ruins of its temples, its stadium and its training grounds.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/olympia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-olympia-480.webp?v=f855acb20f122835","alt":"Photo of Olympia","at":[21.63,37.638],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:ancient-greece","tag:sport","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:greece"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:oman","kind":"country","title":"Oman","summary":"Oman is a country on the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, with long coasts on the sea and the huge Empty Quarter desert inland. People have watered their farms with ancient channels called aflaj for more than 2,000 years, and Oman was famous for frankincense. About 5.4 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/oman","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-muscat-480.webp?v=2a0b89c2ba428dbe","alt":"Muscat from Hilton Garden Inn Muscat","at":[57,21],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:mountains","tag:frankincense","tag:sea-trade","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:om","feature:iso:512"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:palace-of-versailles","kind":"landmark","title":"Palace of Versailles","summary":"The Palace of Versailles began as a small royal hunting lodge. King Louis XIV turned it into a vast palace, and from 1682 it was the center of the French government. Today it has 2,300 rooms, the famous Hall of Mirrors and enormous gardens.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/palace-of-versailles","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-palace-of-versailles-480.webp?v=9a3fa559ff09a41e","alt":"Aerial view of the Domain of Versailles, France","at":[2.12,48.805],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:palace","tag:gardens","tag:history","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:france"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:palmyra","kind":"landmark","title":"Palmyra","summary":"Palmyra is an ancient city built on an oasis in the Syrian desert. About 2,000 years ago it grew rich from caravans carrying goods between the Roman Empire and lands to the east. Its ruins, with a colonnaded street 1,100 meters long, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/palmyra","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-palmyra-480.webp?v=dfe171fea47aa317","alt":"The ancient Roman theater of Palmyra, Syria","at":[38.27,34.55],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:archaeology","tag:trade","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:syria"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:panama","kind":"country","title":"Panama","summary":"Panama is a narrow country in Central America that joins North and South America. Since 1914 the Panama Canal has let ships cross from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific without sailing around South America. Panama has rainforests, more than 1,600 islands and about 4.6 million people (2025).","path":"/discover/world/countries/panama","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-bridge-of-the-americas-480.webp?v=2d8e855b0df206a2","alt":"Bridge of the Americas in Panama","at":[-80.367,8.617],"facets":["kind:country","category:north-america","tag:canal","tag:rainforest","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","flag:pa","feature:iso:591"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:pantheon","kind":"landmark","title":"Pantheon","summary":"The Pantheon in Rome was rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian almost 1,900 years ago, as a temple of ancient Roman religion. Its concrete dome, about 43 meters across, was the largest ever built until modern times. Since 609 it has been a church, and it still stands almost exactly as it was built.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/pantheon","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-pantheon-480.webp?v=a82064871672fa01","alt":"Pantheon - Right side and front","at":[12.477,41.899],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:temple","tag:church","tag:dome","tag:concrete","tag:ancient-rome","continent:europe","country:italy"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:paraguay","kind":"country","title":"Paraguay","summary":"Paraguay is a landlocked country in the heart of South America. The Paraguay River divides it into a hilly east, where most people live, and the hot, flat Chaco in the west. Guaran\u00ED and Spanish are both official languages, and about 7 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/paraguay","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-asuncion-480.webp?v=813b790a471142ba","alt":"Tacuary y 25 de mayo","at":[-58,-23.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:landlocked","tag:rivers","tag:chaco","tag:hydropower","tag:bilingual","continent:south-america","flag:py","feature:iso:600"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:parthenon","kind":"landmark","title":"Parthenon","summary":"The Parthenon is an ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis, a rocky hill in Athens. Built of marble between 447 and 438 BCE, it has 46 outer columns and was decorated with carvings. It has been a temple, a church and a mosque, and today experts are restoring it.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/parthenon","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-parthenon-480.webp?v=4eb96162a3d9193a","alt":"Parthenon on Acropolis, Athens by night","at":[23.727,37.972],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:temple","tag:ancient-greece","tag:marble","tag:columns","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:greece"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:persepolis","kind":"landmark","title":"Persepolis","summary":"Persepolis was a royal city of the Persian kings. King Darius I began it around 518 BCE on a huge terrace at the foot of a mountain in southwestern Iran. Its palaces had very tall, slender columns and walls carved with long parades of people bringing gifts. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/persepolis","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-persepolis-480.webp?v=004634cb781bb467","alt":"This is a photo of a monument in Iran identified by the ID","at":[52.89,29.935],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:palace","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:iran"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:peru","kind":"country","title":"Peru","summary":"Peru is a country on the Pacific coast of South America. It has a dry desert coast, the high Andes mountains and the Amazon rainforest, and about 34 million people lived there in 2025, many of them in the capital, Lima.","path":"/discover/world/countries/peru","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-machu-picchu-480.webp?v=5fd302a57b5b5b1e","alt":"The Macchu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Cusco in Peru, at twilight","at":[-76,-9.4],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:mountains","tag:andes","tag:rainforest","tag:desert","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:pe","feature:iso:604"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:petra","kind":"landmark","title":"Petra","summary":"Petra, in southern Jordan, was the capital of the Nabataeans, who grew rich from trade in incense and spices. Many of its tombs and monuments are carved straight into red sandstone cliffs, and a narrow gorge called the Siq leads to its most famous facade, the Treasury.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/petra","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-petra-480.webp?v=1a09cf649be9651b","alt":"The Treasury, Petra, Jordan","at":[35.442,30.329],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:rock-cut","tag:nabataeans","tag:sandstone","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:jordan"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:petronas-towers","kind":"landmark","title":"Petronas Towers","summary":"The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, are two matching skyscrapers 452 meters tall, finished in 1998. Seen from above, each floor is shaped like an eight-pointed star, a pattern from Islamic art. A two-story skybridge joins them 170 meters above the ground, and from 1996 to 2003 they were counted as the tallest buildings in the world.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/petronas-towers","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-petronas-towers-480.webp?v=69c8e7d0e626e806","alt":"Photo of Petronas Towers","at":[101.712,3.158],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:skyscraper","tag:engineering","tag:architecture","tag:city","continent:asia","country:malaysia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:philippines","kind":"country","title":"Philippines","summary":"The Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It has more than 7,000 islands, about 50 volcanoes and rich coral reefs, and about 112.7 million people were counted there in 2024.","path":"/discover/world/countries/philippines","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-mount-apo-480.webp?v=f8fc9b35ccbf727d","alt":"Photo of Mount Apo","at":[123,12],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:volcanoes","tag:coral-reefs","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:ph","feature:iso:608"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:pompeii","kind":"landmark","title":"Pompeii","summary":"Pompeii was a Roman town near Naples, in Italy. In 79 CE the volcano Vesuvius erupted and buried it under ash and small stones. Digging began in 1748, and today you can walk its streets, shops, baths and houses. In 2025, 4,000,090 people visited.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/pompeii","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-pompeii-480.webp?v=fb3552748b7aecf3","alt":"Aerial image of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius","at":[14.49,40.751],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:archaeology","tag:ancient-rome","tag:volcano","tag:world-heritage","tag:city","continent:europe","country:italy"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:potala-palace","kind":"landmark","title":"Potala Palace","summary":"The Potala Palace rises from Red Mountain in Lhasa, high on the Tibetan Plateau, 3,700 meters above sea level. Its White Palace was finished in 1648 and its Red Palace in 1694. With more than 1,000 rooms, it was home to the Dalai Lamas and the seat of Tibet\u0027s government.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/potala-palace","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-potala-palace-480.webp?v=85afc60469be6aec","alt":"The white and red Potala Palace on its hill in Lhasa, seen from the south across a park, behind a long white wall","at":[91.117,29.658],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:palace","tag:fortress","tag:mountains","tag:buddhism","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:china"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:prophets-mosque","kind":"landmark","title":"Prophet\u0027s Mosque","summary":"The Prophet\u0027s Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, began as the simple home and courtyard of the Prophet Muhammad, who helped build it after he came to Medina in 622. Rebuilt and enlarged many times, it now has a famous green dome over Muhammad\u0027s tomb, ten minarets and room for up to a million worshippers at the busiest times.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/prophets-mosque","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-prophets-mosque-480.webp?v=d48317efd6f1fb47","alt":"Photo of Prophet\u0027s Mosque","at":[39.611,24.468],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:mosque","tag:place-of-worship","tag:architecture","tag:pilgrimage","continent:asia","country:saudi-arabia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:qatar","kind":"country","title":"Qatar","summary":"Qatar is a small desert country on a peninsula that pokes north into the Persian Gulf. Its people once lived by pearl diving and fishing; today it is one of the world\u0027s biggest exporters of natural gas. Its capital, Doha, has a skyline of towers, and about 3.2 million people lived in Qatar at the end of 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/qatar","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-doha-480.webp?v=8c16d717f4ed23f0","alt":"Doha skyline in the morning","at":[51.213,25.27],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:peninsula","tag:pearls","tag:natural-gas","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:qa","feature:iso:634"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:republic-of-the-congo","kind":"country","title":"Republic of the Congo","summary":"The Republic of the Congo lies on the equator in west-central Africa. Thick rainforests cover much of it, the mighty Congo River forms its eastern border, and it has a short coast on the Atlantic Ocean. Forest elephants and gorillas live in its parks. About 6.5 million people lived there in 2025, most of them in two cities.","path":"/discover/world/countries/republic-of-the-congo","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/animals/african-forest-elephant-480.webp?v=5b74d6c9ee3c7e16","alt":"Forest elephants in the swamp Mbeli Bai, Nouabal\u00E9-Ndoki National Park, Congo","at":[15.383,-0.75],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:rainforest","tag:equator","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:cg","feature:iso:178"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:romania","kind":"country","title":"Romania","summary":"Romania is a country in southeastern Europe. The Carpathian Mountains curve around its middle, the Danube River runs along its southern edge to a huge delta on the Black Sea, and about 19 million people lived there at the start of 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/romania","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-bucharest-480.webp?v=bb410e8b6d5ac09f","alt":"Photo of Bucharest","at":[25,46],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:rivers","tag:wetlands","tag:black-sea","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:ro","feature:iso:642"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:royal-monastery-of-san-lorenzo-de-el-escorial","kind":"landmark","title":"Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial","summary":"The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial stands at the foot of the Guadarrama mountains, northwest of Madrid, Spain. King Philip II began it in 1563, and it was finished in 1584. Inside its granite walls are a monastery, a church, a royal palace, a school and a famous library.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/royal-monastery-of-san-lorenzo-de-el-escorial","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-royal-monastery-of-san-lorenzo-de-el-escorial-480.webp?v=9c097f79240f8963","alt":"Photo of Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial","at":[-4.148,40.589],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:monastery","tag:palace","tag:renaissance","tag:granite","tag:library","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:spain"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:rwanda","kind":"country","title":"Rwanda","summary":"Rwanda is a small, landlocked country in east-central Africa, just south of the equator. It is often called the land of a thousand hills. Mountain gorillas live among its volcanoes in the northwest, Lake Kivu lies on its western edge, and about 14.6 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/rwanda","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-kigali-480.webp?v=a3e15004ea271333","alt":"Photo of Kigali","at":[30,-2],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:hills","tag:volcanoes","tag:gorillas","tag:lakes","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:rw","feature:iso:646"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:basilica-and-expiatory-church-of-the-holy-family","kind":"landmark","title":"Sagrada Fam\u00EDlia","summary":"The Sagrada Fam\u00EDlia is a huge church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by the architect Antoni Gaud\u00ED. Building began in 1882 and is still going on. In February 2026 its tallest tower was finished at 172.5 meters, making it the tallest church in the world.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/basilica-and-expiatory-church-of-the-holy-family","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-basilica-and-expiatory-church-of-the-holy-family-480.webp?v=72b360f4a202a067","alt":"Sagrada Fam\u00EDlia, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain","at":[2.174,41.404],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:church","tag:architecture","tag:gaudi","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:spain"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:samarra","kind":"landmark","title":"Samarra","summary":"Samarra, on the Tigris River in Iraq, was the capital of the Abbasid caliphs, rulers of a huge Islamic empire, from 836 to 892. In that short time they built enormous mosques, palaces, canals and even racecourses. Because the city was left so early, its plan survives, and its Great Mosque still has a famous spiral minaret.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/samarra","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-samarra-480.webp?v=32c38f24661ba2b2","alt":"The spiral minaret in Samarra, Iraq","at":[43.886,34.196],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:archaeology","tag:islamic-architecture","tag:ancient-city","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:iraq"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:san-marino","kind":"country","title":"San Marino","summary":"San Marino is a very small country on the slopes of Mount Titano, completely surrounded by Italy. It is one of the oldest republics in the world, and its capital, with walls and fortress towers, sits high on the mountain. About 34,000 people live there.","path":"/discover/world/countries/san-marino","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-san-marino-480.webp?v=9dc88660611c83e2","alt":"View of Mount Titano - San Marino","at":[12.467,43.933],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:microstate","tag:mountains","tag:republic","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:sm","feature:iso:674"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:saudi-arabia","kind":"country","title":"Saudi Arabia","summary":"Saudi Arabia covers about four-fifths of the Arabian Peninsula. Most of it is dry desert, including the Empty Quarter, the largest sand area in the world. About 35.3 million people lived there in 2024, most of them in cities such as Riyadh, the capital.","path":"/discover/world/countries/saudi-arabia","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-riyadh-480.webp?v=9d4fe58553993b0c","alt":"Riyadh Skyline is growing","at":[44.117,23.717],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:sand-dunes","tag:red-sea","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:sa","feature:iso:682"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:senegal","kind":"country","title":"Senegal","summary":"Senegal is a country at the far western tip of Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital, Dakar, sits on the westernmost point of the continent. About 19 million people live there, and the Senegal River, wetlands full of birds and quiet mangrove deltas make it a place of water as well as dry grassland.","path":"/discover/world/countries/senegal","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-dakar-480.webp?v=39b4c3de60d9d3a6","alt":"Pointe des Almadies, the westernmost point of the African continent , located in the area of Dakar, Senegal","at":[-14.283,14.367],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:rivers","tag:birds","tag:sahel","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:sn","feature:iso:686"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:serbia","kind":"country","title":"Serbia","summary":"Serbia is a landlocked country in the Balkans. Its north is flat farmland, its middle is wooded hills, and its edges have mountains, while the Danube River cuts a deep gorge called the Iron Gate. About 6.5 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/serbia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-belgrade-480.webp?v=c9141b363ffe4d67","alt":"Photo of Belgrade","at":[20.933,43.95],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:rivers","tag:landlocked","tag:danube","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","flag:rs","feature:iso:688"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:shaki","kind":"landmark","title":"Shaki","summary":"Shaki, also spelled Sheki, is a historic town in the forested Caucasus Mountains of Azerbaijan. After a flood of mud destroyed the old town in 1772, people rebuilt it higher up the valley, with houses, gardens, water channels and a khan\u0027s palace. Its wealth came from silk, and UNESCO made its historic center a World Heritage Site in 2019.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/shaki","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-shaki-480.webp?v=02d2f317c8f0b3c5","alt":"Photo of Shaki","at":[47.171,41.192],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:historic-town","tag:silk-road","tag:silk","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:azerbaijan"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:sierra-leone","kind":"country","title":"Sierra Leone","summary":"Sierra Leone is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. Its name comes from Portuguese words meaning Lion Mountains, after the hills around Freetown\u0027s huge natural harbor. Rainforests, rivers and mangrove swamps are home to chimpanzees and pygmy hippos, and the 2021 census counted about 7.5 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/sierra-leone","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-freetown-480.webp?v=65d8fd7b9d431826","alt":"Aerial view of Freetown, Sierra Leone, a helicopter expedition to Lungii airport, over the Freetown Harbour","at":[-12.1,8.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:rainforest","tag:harbor","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:sl","feature:iso:694"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:singapore","kind":"country","title":"Singapore","summary":"Singapore is a city-state, a country that is also one city, on an island at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is small but crowded: about 6.21 million people lived there in 2026, and its port is one of the busiest in the world.","path":"/discover/world/countries/singapore","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-singapore-480.webp?v=ac4aee2fd454df36","alt":"The bridge connecting the Japanese and Chinese Gardens in Jurong, Singapore","at":[103.8,1.3],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:city-state","tag:ports","tag:gardens","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:sg","feature:iso:702"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:slovenia","kind":"country","title":"Slovenia","summary":"Slovenia is a small country in central Europe where the Alps meet the Mediterranean. Forests cover much of the land, the Karst region is full of caves and underground rivers, and about 2.1 million people lived there in 2026.","path":"/discover/world/countries/slovenia","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-ljubljana-480.webp?v=9d48a8de54a55722","alt":"Blick auf die Altstadt von Ljubljana, im Hintergrund die Burg von Ljubljana, auch \u0022Laibacher Schloss\u0022 genannt; Laibach ist bzw","at":[15,46],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:mountains","tag:alps","tag:caves","tag:karst","tag:forests","continent:europe","flag:si","feature:iso:705"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:somalia","kind":"country","title":"Somalia","summary":"Somalia is the easternmost country of Africa, on the Horn of Africa between the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Most of it is flat, hot and dry, with thornbush savanna, and camels, goats, sheep and cattle are its greatest farm wealth. Its capital is Mogadishu.","path":"/discover/world/countries/somalia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-hargeisa-480.webp?v=9184a6013f8078e9","alt":"Hargeisa Capital of Somaliland","at":[47,6],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:horn-of-africa","tag:coast","tag:savanna","tag:herding","continent:africa","flag:so","feature:iso:706"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:sri-lanka","kind":"country","title":"Sri Lanka","summary":"Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean, just south of India. Green highlands rise in the middle, surrounded by plains and sandy beaches. About 22 million people live there, and the island is famous for its tea, its ancient cities and its wild elephants.","path":"/discover/world/countries/sri-lanka","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-sri-lanka-480.webp?v=90c62fd87cab670e","alt":"Aerial view of the Ridiyagama Dam and Southern Province in Sri Lanka, from above Ridiyagama towards southeast","at":[81,7],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:tea","tag:rainforest","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:lk","feature:iso:144"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:st-basils-cathedral","kind":"landmark","title":"St. Basil\u0027s Cathedral","summary":"St. Basil\u0027s Cathedral stands at the end of Red Square in Moscow. Tsar Ivan IV ordered it in 1555, and it was finished by 1561. It is really ten small churches in one building, each with its own colorful dome, and today it is a museum.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/st-basils-cathedral","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-st-basils-cathedral-480.webp?v=3e36be9b9f76a550","alt":"Night view of Saint Basil\u0027s Cathedral, Red Square in Moscow, Russia","at":[37.623,55.752],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:church","tag:domes","tag:brick","tag:museum","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:russia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:st-peters-basilica","kind":"landmark","title":"St. Peter\u0027s Basilica","summary":"St. Peter\u0027s Basilica, in Vatican City, is the church of the popes and a place of worship for Catholics. Building began in 1506 and took more than a century. Bramante, Michelangelo, Maderno and Bernini all helped design it, and 800 workers raised its great dome in just 22 months.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/st-peters-basilica","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-st-peters-basilica-480.webp?v=8fa4fa2dd8bd11a9","alt":"Main facade of Saint Peter\u0027s Basilica, Rome","at":[12.453,41.902],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:church","tag:dome","tag:renaissance","tag:world-heritage","tag:place-of-worship","continent:europe","country:vatican-city"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:statue-of-liberty","kind":"landmark","title":"Statue of Liberty","summary":"The Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. France gave her to the United States as a sign of friendship. The sculptor Auguste Bartholdi shaped her copper skin, Gustave Eiffel designed the iron frame inside, and she was dedicated in 1886.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/statue-of-liberty","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-statue-of-liberty-480.webp?v=4e0e23c16a779a60","alt":"The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island; a sightseeing boat passes in the foreground with the New Jersey skyline behind","at":[-74.044,40.689],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:statue","tag:copper","tag:engineering","tag:world-heritage","tag:harbor","continent:north-america","country:united-states"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:stonehenge","kind":"landmark","title":"Stonehenge","summary":"Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in England. It began as a round earthwork about 5,000 years ago, and its stone circle went up about 2500 BC. Hundreds of people moved huge stones, some from Wales, and lined them up with the sun.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/stonehenge","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-stonehenge-480.webp?v=160c7d79b94dea74","alt":"Photo of Stonehenge","at":[-1.826,51.179],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:prehistoric","tag:stone-circle","tag:neolithic","tag:world-heritage","tag:sun","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:sudan","kind":"country","title":"Sudan","summary":"Sudan is a large country in northeastern Africa. The Blue Nile and the White Nile meet at its capital, Khartoum, and the river flows north through the desert. Long ago, the kingdom of Kush built pyramids, temples and palaces along the Nile here.","path":"/discover/world/countries/sudan","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-jebel-barkal-480.webp?v=ab15eb71b0265ba0","alt":"Gebel Barkal in Nubia","at":[32,15],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:nile","tag:desert","tag:pyramids","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:sd","feature:iso:729"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:sultan-ahmed-mosque","kind":"landmark","title":"Sultan Ahmed Mosque","summary":"The Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul was built between 1609 and about 1616 for the Ottoman ruler Sultan Ahmed I. Its central dome is ringed by half-domes and smaller domes, and six slender minarets rise around it. Many people call it the Blue Mosque because of the blue and green tiles and painted decoration inside. It is still a working mosque, where Muslims come to pray.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/sultan-ahmed-mosque","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-sultan-ahmed-mosque-480.webp?v=760c3a35208d5a90","alt":"View of Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey","at":[28.977,41.005],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:mosque","tag:architecture","tag:ottoman","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:turkiye"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:susa","kind":"landmark","title":"Susa","summary":"Susa, in southwest Iran, is one of the most ancient places where towns first grew. People built there from more than 6,000 years ago until about 800 years ago, one town on top of another. It was the capital of the Elamites and later of the Persian king Darius I, whose great palace still lies in ruins there.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/susa","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-susa-480.webp?v=3226fa554aef26e0","alt":"The Apadana, a large hypostyle room of 36 columns in the Palace of Darius, Susa, capital of Elam and of the Achaemenid Empire, Iran","at":[48.256,32.189],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:archaeology","tag:palace","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:iran"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:sydney-opera-house","kind":"landmark","title":"Sydney Opera House","summary":"The Sydney Opera House stands on a point of land in Sydney Harbour, Australia. Danish architect J\u00F8rn Utzon won a competition to design it in 1957, building began in 1959, and it opened on October 20, 1973. Its shell-shaped roofs are covered in more than a million tiles.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/sydney-opera-house","category":"oceania","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-sydney-opera-house-480.webp?v=9baee75339538ff0","alt":"Sydney Opera House","at":[151.215,-33.857],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:oceania","tag:performing-arts","tag:architecture","tag:concrete","tag:world-heritage","tag:harbor","continent:oceania","country:australia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:taipei-101","kind":"landmark","title":"Taipei 101","summary":"Taipei 101 is a skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan, 508 meters tall with its spire and 101 stories high. When it opened, it was the tallest building in the world. Inside hangs a 660-ton steel ball, a tuned mass damper, that helps steady the tower in typhoon winds and earthquakes.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/taipei-101","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-taipei-101-480.webp?v=2f659b6d209507e3","alt":"Photo of Taipei 101","at":[121.565,25.034],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:skyscraper","tag:engineering","tag:steel","tag:earthquakes","tag:typhoons","continent:asia","country:taiwan"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:taiwan","kind":"country","title":"Taiwan","summary":"Taiwan is an island in the western Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometers off the coast of southeastern China. Mountains cover about two-thirds of it, and most of its 23 million people live on the flatter west side. It has its own government, based in Taipei. The People\u0027s Republic of China, governed from Beijing, says Taiwan is part of China, and Taiwan\u0027s status is disputed.","path":"/discover/world/countries/taiwan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-taipei-480.webp?v=47d09a93d2199eb2","alt":"Taipei, Taiwan Skyline viewed from Mount Elephant 20260204","at":[121,24],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:islands","tag:mountains","tag:typhoons","tag:cities","continent:asia","flag:tw","feature:iso:158"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:taj-mahal","kind":"landmark","title":"Taj Mahal","summary":"The Taj Mahal is a white marble tomb in Agra, India, beside the Yamuna River. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan had it built in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. More than 20,000 workers spent about 22 years on the tomb, its gardens, a mosque and a great gateway.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/taj-mahal","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-taj-mahal-480.webp?v=126a369fa6e2e6e3","alt":"Taj Mahal, Agra","at":[78.042,27.175],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:mausoleum","tag:marble","tag:mughal","tag:world-heritage","tag:gardens","continent:asia","country:india"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:tajikistan","kind":"country","title":"Tajikistan","summary":"Tajikistan is a small, landlocked country in Central Asia, and more than nine-tenths of it is mountains. The Pamir Mountains in the east have peaks over 7,000 meters and one of the longest glaciers in the world. About 10.7 million people live there, mostly in the valleys.","path":"/discover/world/countries/tajikistan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-dushanbe-480.webp?v=20eb94b3a13ed698","alt":"View from national monument towards Somoni statue","at":[71.367,38.583],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:landlocked","tag:mountains","tag:glaciers","tag:silk-road","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:tj","feature:iso:762"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:temple-of-ephesian-artemis","kind":"landmark","title":"Temple of Artemis at Ephesus","summary":"The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. It was rebuilt several times, and its 6th-century BCE version was more than 300 feet long. After a fire in 356 BCE it was built again just as big. Today only scattered stones and one column remain.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/temple-of-ephesian-artemis","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-temple-of-ephesian-artemis-480.webp?v=fecc8530b8333fe8","alt":"Photo of Temple of Ephesian Artemis","at":[27.364,37.95],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:seven-wonders","tag:ancient-greece","tag:temple","tag:columns","tag:archaeology","continent:asia","country:turkiye"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:teotihuacan","kind":"landmark","title":"Teotihuacan","summary":"Teotihuacan, about 50 kilometers northeast of Mexico City, was a huge city almost 2,000 years ago. A long, straight avenue runs through it, lined by giant pyramids, including the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon. Around 500 CE, it was one of the largest cities in the world.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/teotihuacan","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-teotihuacan-480.webp?v=dc755892b7efe455","alt":"This is a photo of a monument in Mexico, identified by ID","at":[-98.844,19.692],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:ancient-city","tag:pyramids","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:north-america","country:mexico"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:terracotta-army","kind":"landmark","title":"Terracotta Army","summary":"In 1974, farmers digging a well near Xi\u0027an, China, found pieces of clay soldiers. Archaeologists uncovered an army of about 8,000 life-size soldiers and horses, made for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a united China, who died in 210 BCE. The figures were once brightly painted, and each has its own face.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/terracotta-army","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-terracotta-army-480.webp?v=f6d25dde9045e7cb","alt":"Terracotta Army in Xi\u0027an, China","at":[109.273,34.385],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:archaeology","tag:sculpture","tag:ancient-china","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:china"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:the-gambia","kind":"country","title":"The Gambia","summary":"The Gambia is the smallest country on Africa\u0027s mainland, a narrow strip of land on both banks of the Gambia River. Except for a short Atlantic coast, it is surrounded by Senegal. More than 500 kinds of birds live there, and about 2.8 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/the-gambia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-banjul-480.webp?v=290e1ee3352f3a4b","alt":"Banjul Gambia skyline","at":[-15.5,13.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:river","tag:birds","tag:coast","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:gm","feature:iso:270"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:the-great-sphinx","kind":"landmark","title":"The Great Sphinx","summary":"The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt, is a lion with a human head, carved out of the solid rock about 4,500 years ago. It is about 73 meters long and 20 meters high, one of the largest sculptures in the world. Most experts think it shows the face of King Khafre.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/the-great-sphinx","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-the-great-sphinx-480.webp?v=5923b4fadbfcf96a","alt":"The Great Sphinx of Giza in May 2015","at":[31.138,29.975],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:statue","tag:ancient-egypt","tag:limestone","tag:sculpture","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:thebes","kind":"landmark","title":"Thebes","summary":"Thebes was one of the greatest cities of ancient Egypt and, for long periods, its capital. It lay on both banks of the Nile, where the town of Luxor is today. On the east bank stand the giant temples of Karnak and Luxor; on the west bank are royal tombs, including the Valley of the Kings.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/thebes","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-thebes-480.webp?v=29cfdc45e3fbf90d","alt":"Amenhotep III colonnade, Luxor Temple, Egypt","at":[32.61,25.721],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:africa","tag:ancient-city","tag:ancient-egypt","tag:temples","tag:tombs","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","country:egypt"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:three-gorges-dam","kind":"landmark","title":"Three Gorges Dam","summary":"The Three Gorges Dam crosses the Yangtze River in central China. It is 2,335 meters long and 185 meters high, and it can make more electricity than any other hydroelectric dam in the world. It also lets big ships travel far up the river, but building it meant that more than a million people had to move.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/three-gorges-dam","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-three-gorges-dam-480.webp?v=4c3ad345313176f2","alt":"The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, China","at":[111.004,30.824],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:dam","tag:engineering","tag:electricity","tag:river","continent:asia","country:china"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:togo","kind":"country","title":"Togo","summary":"Togo is a small, narrow country in West Africa. It has only 51 kilometers of coast on the Gulf of Guinea but stretches about 515 kilometers inland, from beaches and lagoons to the Togo Mountains and northern savanna. About 8.6 million people lived there in 2025, and Lom\u00E9 is the capital and main port.","path":"/discover/world/countries/togo","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-koutammakou-480.webp?v=b3a9dcdbadb4ca88","alt":"A Tammari house with granaries","at":[1.183,8.25],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:coast","tag:mountains","tag:savanna","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:tg","feature:iso:768"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:topkapi-palace","kind":"landmark","title":"Topkap\u0131 Palace","summary":"Topkap\u0131 Palace sits on a point of land where the Bosphorus Strait meets the sea in Istanbul. Sultan Mehmed II built it between 1460 and 1478, and for nearly 400 years it was the home of the Ottoman sultans and the center of their government. In 1924 it became a museum.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/topkapi-palace","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-topkapi-palace-480.webp?v=01647326a600c081","alt":"Photo of Topkap\u0131 Palace","at":[28.984,41.013],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:palace","tag:museum","tag:ottoman","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:turkiye"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:tower-bridge","kind":"landmark","title":"Tower Bridge","summary":"Tower Bridge crosses the River Thames in London, beside the Tower of London. Built from 1886 to 1894, it has two stone-covered towers joined by high walkways, and a road that splits in the middle and swings up like two giant seesaws to let tall ships pass. It still opens about 850 times a year.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/tower-bridge","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-tower-bridge-480.webp?v=641f587313545482","alt":"Tower Bridge, Londres","at":[-0.075,51.506],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:bridge","tag:engineering","tag:river-thames","tag:victorian","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:tower-of-london","kind":"landmark","title":"Tower of London","summary":"The Tower of London is a castle on the River Thames, begun by William the Conqueror after 1066. Its great stone keep, the White Tower, is more than 900 years old. Over the centuries the Tower has been a royal palace, a fortress, a prison, a zoo, a mint for coins and a store for records, and today it guards the Crown Jewels.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/tower-of-london","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-tower-of-london-480.webp?v=098eff1712bdc90c","alt":"Tower of London viewed from the River Thames","at":[-0.076,51.508],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:castle","tag:history","tag:royal","tag:world-heritage","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:tunisia","kind":"country","title":"Tunisia","summary":"Tunisia is a small country in North Africa, with the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its green, rainy north turns into dry steppes and then Sahara desert in the south, and about 12 million people lived there in 2024, many of them in the capital, Tunis.","path":"/discover/world/countries/tunisia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-dougga-480.webp?v=107eb8b53c56033b","alt":"Dougga, one of the most beautiful places in Tunisia","at":[10,34],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:mediterranean","tag:olives","tag:ancient-cities","tag:sahara","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:tn","feature:iso:788"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:turkmenistan","kind":"country","title":"Turkmenistan","summary":"Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia, and nine-tenths of it is desert. The huge Karakum sand desert fills its middle, while people live mostly in green oases along rivers and mountains. Ancient Silk Road cities such as Merv stand here, and the 2022 national census counted about 7.1 million people.","path":"/discover/world/countries/turkmenistan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-karakum-desert-480.webp?v=11a0c7377f07082b","alt":"Photo of Karakum Desert","at":[60,39],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:desert","tag:oases","tag:silk-road","tag:landlocked","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:tm","feature:iso:795"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:uganda","kind":"country","title":"Uganda","summary":"Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa\u0027s largest freshwater lake. The Victoria Nile flows out of the lake here, snowy mountains rise in the west, and its forests are home to mountain gorillas and chimpanzees. About 51.4 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/uganda","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-kasubi-tombs-480.webp?v=1bd0be104474dc5d","alt":"The Kasubi Tombs in Kampala, Uganda","at":[32.39,1.28],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:lakes","tag:nile","tag:gorillas","tag:mountains","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:ug","feature:iso:800"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:umayyad-mosque","kind":"landmark","title":"Umayyad Mosque","summary":"The Umayyad Mosque, also called the Great Mosque of Damascus, was built between 705 and 715 by the ruler al-Walid I. Britannica calls it the earliest stone mosque still standing. It is one of the largest mosques in the world, with a vast courtyard, a long prayer hall and walls that once shone with mosaics.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/umayyad-mosque","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-umayyad-mosque-480.webp?v=7146cc58fe5c01c0","alt":"View of the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria","at":[36.307,33.511],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:mosque","tag:umayyad","tag:mosaics","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:syria"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:ur","kind":"landmark","title":"Ur","summary":"Ur was a great city of Sumer, in the south of what is now Iraq, founded more than 5,000 years ago. Twice it was the capital of an empire. Archaeologists found royal tombs full of gold treasures, streets of brick houses and a huge stepped temple tower called a ziggurat. When the Euphrates River moved away, the fields dried up and the city was abandoned.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/ur","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-ur-480.webp?v=ac75dbdc7c5fd157","alt":"Ruins in the Town of Ur, Southern Iraq","at":[46.104,30.962],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:ancient-city","tag:sumer","tag:archaeology","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","country:iraq"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:uruguay","kind":"country","title":"Uruguay","summary":"Uruguay is the second-smallest country in South America, between Brazil and Argentina. Its gently rolling grasslands are grazed by cattle and sheep, and almost half of its 3.5 million people live in and around the capital, Montevideo.","path":"/discover/world/countries/uruguay","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-montevideo-480.webp?v=d5c7cdaa708c84e5","alt":"Photo of Montevideo","at":[-56,-33],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:grasslands","tag:rivers","tag:coast","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:uy","feature:iso:858"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:uzbekistan","kind":"country","title":"Uzbekistan","summary":"Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, between two great rivers, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya. Most of it is dry desert, but its oases and valleys hold famous Silk Road cities such as Samarkand and Bukhara. It became independent in 1991, and about 37.1 million people lived there in 2025.","path":"/discover/world/countries/uzbekistan","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-samarkand-480.webp?v=746adcf29be3013b","alt":"Photo of Samarkand","at":[66,41],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:silk-road","tag:desert","tag:landlocked","tag:ancient-cities","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:uz","feature:iso:860"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:vatican-city","kind":"country","title":"Vatican City","summary":"Vatican City is the smallest independent country in the world, just 0.44 square kilometers in the middle of Rome, Italy. It is the home of the Pope, who leads the Catholic Church, and it holds famous buildings and art such as St. Peter\u0027s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.","path":"/discover/world/countries/vatican-city","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/country-vatican-city-480.webp?v=8d1bb6f167c87d66","alt":"Photo of Vatican City","at":[12.453,41.904],"facets":["kind:country","category:europe","tag:smallest-countries","tag:enclave","tag:world-heritage","tag:art","continent:europe","flag:va","feature:iso:336"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:venezuela","kind":"country","title":"Venezuela","summary":"Venezuela is a country on the north coast of South America. It has high Andes mountains, huge grassy plains called the Llanos, the great Orinoco River and flat-topped mountains called tepuis, where Angel Falls drops 979 meters.","path":"/discover/world/countries/venezuela","category":"south-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-lake-maracaibo-480.webp?v=4706496ba2898413","alt":"The long General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge crossing Lake Maracaibo under a blue sky","at":[-67,8],"facets":["kind:country","category:south-america","tag:waterfalls","tag:tepuis","tag:plains","tag:rivers","tag:world-heritage","continent:south-america","flag:ve","feature:iso:862"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:way-of-saint-james","kind":"landmark","title":"Way of Saint James","summary":"The Way of Saint James, or Camino de Santiago, is a network of old pilgrim routes across Europe that all end at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. People have walked it for more than 1,000 years, and each year hundreds of thousands still set out on foot, by bicycle or on horseback.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/way-of-saint-james","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-way-of-saint-james-480.webp?v=fdbace575a7a3028","alt":"Imagen en agosto de 2018 de la fachada principal de la catedral de Santiago de Compostela","at":[-8.544,42.881],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:pilgrimage-route","tag:walking","tag:world-heritage","tag:medieval","continent:europe","country:spain","country:france"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:western-wall","kind":"landmark","title":"Western Wall","summary":"The Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, is the only remaining part of the huge wall that once held up the platform of the ancient Jewish Temple. More than 2,000 years old, it is a place of prayer and pilgrimage for Jewish people, and visitors come from all over the world.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/western-wall","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-western-wall-480.webp?v=d693f245a6419e0e","alt":"The Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem: tall pale stone blocks with plants growing from the cracks, the prayer area in front of it and the open plaza with chairs","at":[35.234,31.777],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:asia","tag:wall","tag:ancient","tag:limestone","tag:place-of-prayer","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:white-house","kind":"landmark","title":"White House","summary":"The White House in Washington, D.C. is the home and office of the President of the United States. Building began in 1792, and President John Adams moved in on November 1, 1800. Its sandstone walls are painted white, and today it has 132 rooms.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/white-house","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-white-house-480.webp?v=5705bf617ee2bc5b","alt":"Luftbild vom Wei\u00DFen Haus und Umgebung","at":[-77.037,38.898],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:house","tag:government","tag:architecture","tag:history","continent:north-america","country:united-states"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:willis-tower","kind":"landmark","title":"Willis Tower","summary":"Willis Tower, first called the Sears Tower, is a skyscraper in Chicago finished in 1973. It is 442 meters tall and was the tallest building in the world for about 25 years. Its clever \u0027bundled tube\u0027 design was made by engineer Fazlur Khan and the firm SOM.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/willis-tower","category":"north-america","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-willis-tower-480.webp?v=8485d0ae74d0529f","alt":"Willis Tower in Chicago as seen from the Chicago river","at":[-87.636,41.879],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:north-america","tag:skyscraper","tag:steel","tag:engineering","tag:observation-deck","continent:north-america","country:united-states"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"landmark:windsor-castle","kind":"landmark","title":"Windsor Castle","summary":"Windsor Castle stands above the River Thames, west of London. William the Conqueror built the first castle here in the 1070s, and kings and queens have lived in it ever since. It is still a working royal home, and visitors can tour its grand rooms and chapel.","path":"/discover/world/landmarks/windsor-castle","category":"europe","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/landmark-windsor-castle-480.webp?v=03df246d64b6180a","alt":"Windsor Castle at sunset as viewed from the Long Walk in Windsor, England","at":[-0.604,51.484],"facets":["kind:landmark","category:europe","tag:castle","tag:palace","tag:royal","tag:medieval","tag:river-thames","continent:europe","country:united-kingdom"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:yemen","kind":"country","title":"Yemen","summary":"Yemen sits at the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. Its green, terraced highlands are unlike anywhere else in Arabia, its old towns have tall houses of stone and mud brick, and it was the first place where coffee was grown as a crop to sell.","path":"/discover/world/countries/yemen","category":"asia","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/city-sanaa-480.webp?v=9f8cb428ac45b053","alt":"Sana\u0027a from the roof 200612_yemen-08","at":[48,15.5],"facets":["kind:country","category:asia","tag:mountains","tag:deserts","tag:islands","tag:world-heritage","continent:asia","flag:ye","feature:iso:887"],"ages":[3,17]},{"key":"country:zambia","kind":"country","title":"Zambia","summary":"Zambia is a landlocked country on a high plateau in south-central Africa, named after the Zambezi River. On its southern border the Zambezi thunders over Victoria Falls. About 22 million people live there, and its copper mines have long made it one of Africa\u0027s great copper producers.","path":"/discover/world/countries/zambia","category":"africa","image":"/_content/PlayOwl.WebUI/img/discover/photos/world/wonder-victoria-falls-480.webp?v=fbe1fa131d9b54d0","alt":"Victoria Falls, Zambia-Zimbabwe","at":[28,-14],"facets":["kind:country","category:africa","tag:landlocked","tag:waterfalls","tag:rivers","tag:copper","tag:wildlife","tag:world-heritage","continent:africa","flag:zm","feature:iso:894"],"ages":[3,17]}]