LOST IN AMERICA
Whoooa... I was in Vegas last night, but that's the U. of Nevada's flagship campus... how'd I get to this city also big on gambling?
Reno
A popular rallying cry was these 3 words followed by "to hell with Spain"
"Remember the Maine"
In 2002 Queen (the band) celebrated the queen with "Party at the Palace", this palace, for Elizabeth II's golden jubilee
Buckingham Palace
The Yangtze runs nearly 4,000 miles to the East China sea from its source in the plateau named for this autonomous region
the Tibetan Plateau
The Spandau Citadel &
the Tiergarten
Oh dear... am I on Killington Peak or Little Killington in this New England range? And where the heck is Camel's Hump?
the Green Mountains
Like the Philippines was a buffet, Pres. McKinley debated whether to annex it all, mainly Manila or this whole largest island
Luzon
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The centuries-old adobe Palace of the Governors in this U.S. state capital got decked out for statehood in 1912
Santa Fe
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[Arizona]
Home to 25 million, this city at the mouth of the Yangtze became a word meaning to kidnap a mariner
Shanghai
The Holmenkollen Ski Museum &
the Munch Art Museum
Oslo
I'm not sure where I am now heading down this river, but I've passed El Paso, loped by Laredo & bounded by Brownsville
the Rio Grande
Western artist Remington was sent to Cuba to paint the Rough Riders' charge at this battle.
The Battle of San Juan Hill
An edifice built for the Sovereign Council of Brabant became, in 1830, the Palace of the Nation in this capital
Brussels
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[The Hague, Amsterdam]
3 Yangtze river cities merged to form this city known for its metallurgy industry & as COVID-19's epicenter
Wuhan
Casa Vicens Gaudí &
the Palace of Catalan Music
Barcelona
It's no tragedy to be lost in Othello, Wash., but I must bop down 395 & over on 12 & hit this double-named city in about 90 minutes
Walla Walla
He'd fought Confederates & Apaches; now General Nelson Miles led the invasion of this Caribbean island at Guánica
Puerto Rico
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[Cuba]
At Miraflores Palace in Caracas in 2024, he celebrated his re-election victory, many say a stolen one
Maduro
Parts of the Yangtze are home to the giant type of this amphibian, which can weigh over 100 pounds & wails like a crying infant
salamander
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[frog, toad]The Leonard Cohen Mural &
Place des Arts
Montreal
Oh, you know me, hoppin' on my Harley & heading for the annual August rally in this city, but my faulty GPS has me in nearby Deadwood
Sturgis
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Making a rhyming sequence, Sec. of State Day was replaced by this man who used the phrase "a splendid little war"
John Hay
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This Bay Area landmark hosted The Beatles & the 1964 GOP convention, but the Grant National Livestock Expo hints at its core purpose
the Cow Palace
Completed in 2006 after displacing 1.3 million people, this structure stretches more than a mile across the Yangtze
the Three Gorges Dam
Juventus Stadium &
the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile
Torino