VirtualGlobetrotting: The Amazing Race 15

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Sixth Street Viaduct
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Very popular movie/TV/video game location as an establishing shot for Los Angeles.

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
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Narita International Airport (NRT)
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Narita International Airport (IATA: NRT, ICAO: RJAA) is an international airport located in Narita, Chiba, Japan, in the eastern portion of the Greater Tokyo Area. Narita handles the majority of international passenger traffic to and from Japan, and is also a major connecting point for air traffic between Asia and the Americas. It is the second-busiest passenger airport in Japan, busiest air freight hub in Japan, and third-busiest air freight hub in the world. Until 2004 it was officially known as New Tokyo International Airport.
The construction and expansion of Narita Airport in Japanese history has been compared to the role of the Vietnam War in the history of the United States, as it led to one of the most infamous (and violent) conflicts between the Japanese government and the Japanese population.

Hachikō Square Pedestrian Scramble
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Tokyo Tower
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Konnō Hachimangū Shrine
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Site of the Pit Stop in Leg 1 of The Amazing Race 15 (2009)

Tan Son Nhat Int'l Airport (SGN / VVTS)
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Saigon Central Post Office
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Tao Dan Park
Featured in a Detour in Leg 3 of The Amazing Race 15 (2009)
Direct link below (goo.gl)

Independence Palace

Phnom Penh International Airport (PNH)
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Formerly known as the Pochentong International Airport

Foreign Correspondents' Club, Phnom Penh
Featured in Leg 4 of The Amazing Race 15 (2009)

Hotel Le Royal

Russian Market
Site of a Detour in Leg 4 of The Amazing Race 15 (2009)

Wat Phnom
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Wat Phnom is one of the most important pagodas in Phnom Penh. Built in 1373,it stands at 27 metres and is the tallest religious structure in the city. Built on an artificial hill by the wealthy widow Daun Chi Penh after a great flood washed statues of Buddha downstream, it has since been renovated. There have been many additions to the original shrines over the centuries. The largest stupa houses the ashes of King Ponhea Yat and it is the center of city celebration for the Cambodian New Year, and Pchum Benh.

Dubaï International Airport (DXB)
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Dubai International Airport, in a very short span of time, has grown from an airfield into an aviation hub. The development is the result of the far sighted visions of the late ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
Today, not only is it one of the fastest growing airports in the world, it is also recognised as the aviation hub of the Middle East. It now stands at the threshold of being among the top 10 airports in the world.

Burj Khalifa Fountains
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Walk along the path to see the water display

Burj Khalifa - Tallest building in the world
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The Burj Dubai is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The lead architect was Adrian Smith of the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
At a height of 2,722 ft, it has 162 floors, and has been the tallest building in the world since 2009.

Dubai Autodrome
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After being postponed due to protests last spring; the Grand Prix race was held this year despite some tire burning protests.
Link to recent news item:

Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve
Featured in Leg 8 of The Amazing Race 5

The Dubai Mall
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The Dubai Mall is the world's largest shopping mall based on total area and sixth largest by gross leasable area. Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is part of the 20-billion-dollar Downtown Dubai complex, and includes 1,200 shops. Access to the mall is provided via Doha Street, rebuilt as a double-decker road in April 2009.

Snow in the desert
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Ski Dubai is an indoor ski resort with 22,500 square meters of indoor ski area. It is a part of the Mall of the Emirates.
Ski Dubai was the location of a detour in the 10th leg of the reality game show The Amazing Race Asia on its first season. It also appeared as a detour in the 5th leg of the 15th season of the original American version.

Madinat Jumeirah
Site of the Pit Stop of Leg 5 of The Amazing Race 15

Dubaï Creek Golf & Yacht Club
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Running alongside the stretch of water from which it takes its name, Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club is an 18-hole golf resort and is a true golfers’ paradise, which in November 2005 was voted one of the top 100 must play golf courses in the world by UK magazine Golf World.
The club's par 71 championship course, which has twice hosted the Dubai Desert Classic (1999 and 2000), offers a real challenge to every level of golfer. Recently redesigned by European Golf Design in association with Thomas Björn, the course rolls 6,857 undulating yards along well-groomed fairways lined with palms, attractive water hazards and shrubbery that lend a distinctly tropical and secluded air, despite its city centre location.
The resort incorporates a floodlit 9 hole Par 3 course and driving range, hi-tech swing analysis studio and extensive short game practice facilities, in addition to the 225 bedroom Park Hyatt Dubai, 92 four-bedroom villas, a 121 berth marina, yacht clubhouse, six award-winning restaurants and main golf clubhouse.

Dubai Gold Souk

Atlantis, The Palm
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Atlantis, the Palm is a resort at Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is a joint venture between Kerzner International Limited and Istithmar PSJC and was opened on 24 September 2008. The resort is modeled after the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in Nassau, Bahamas.

Dubai Spice Souk

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)
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Cornelis Lely statue
Featured in Leg 7 of The Amazing Race 15 (2009
Direct link below (goo.gl)

Martinitoren
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The Martinitoren (Martini Tower) is the highest church tower in the city of Groningen, The Netherlands. The tower, located at the north-western corner of the Grote Markt (Main Square), is part of the Martinikerk (Martini Church). The citizens of Groningen call their tower d'Olle Grieze, meaning the old grey one in the local dialect. It is considered one of the main tourist attractions of Groningen and offers a great view over the city and surrounding area. The front of the tower shows three pictures above the entrance: the blind man Bernlef, Saint Martinus and Rudolf Agricola. All three are men who are linked to the history of Groningen. According to reports the tower has a foundation only three meters deep.

De Onderneming Windmill
Site of a Detour in Leg 7 of The Amazing Race 15 (2009)

Stockholm Arlanda airport (ARN)
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Arlanda North Station
Featured in Leg 8 of The Amazing Race 15

Stockholm Central Station
Sweden's busiest station

Gröna Lunds amusement park

Bögs Gård Farm
Site of the notorious hay bale Roadblock in Leg 3 of the Amazing Race 6 (2004-2005) and Leg 8 of the Amazing Race 15 (2009).

Frihamnsterminalen

House of the Blackheads

Toompea Castle
Toompea Castle (also Latin: Castrum Danorum, Estonian: Toompea loss; (previously probably) Taani loss, literally "The Danish castle") is a castle on the limestone hill of Toompea in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, which for a time was also one of the names for the whole settlement of Tallinn during the times of Danish Estonia in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Keava Bog
Site of a Detour and Pit Stop in Leg 9 of The Amazing Race 15

Tallinn Airport (Ülemiste Airport) (TLL)
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Old Town Square
The one thing that all of Europe's great capital cities have in common is a focal point of a grand main square and Prague's easily ranks among the best. Once the main marketplace of Prague, the Old Town Square is a large, immaculately preserved space surrounded by a number of architectural treasures including Staroměstská Radnice (see below), Kinský Palace and St. Nicholas Church.
The Square, which dates back to the 11th century, has featured prominently in the city's history. The white crosses embedded into the cobbles (there are 27 in total) commemorate the execution of Protestants in 1621 following defeat at the battle of the White Mountain (paving the way for Habsburg rule to descend over Bohemia). Fittingly, the square was also the scene for Vaclav Havel to declare the end of Soviet domination over Czech affairs after the 'Velvet Revolution'.
Aside from the splendour of its many fine buildings, the square also makes for a pleasant spot in which to stop off for refreshments, particularly in summer when outdoor seating is available. Pleasant cafés and restaurants stand shoulder to shoulder against a backdrop of inspired neo-Renaissance and Baroque façades, with horse-drawn carriages slowly make their way past on sightseeing trips around the Old Town.

Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)
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Kayakers at HG Sport
Featured in a Detour in Leg 10 of the Amazing Race 15 (2009)

Estates Theatre
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The Estates Theatre or Stavovské divadlo is a historic theatre in Prague, Czech Republic. The Estates Theatre was annexed to the National Theatre in 1948 and currently draws on three artistic ensembles, opera, ballet, and drama, which perform at the Estates Theatre, the National Theatre (Národní divadlo), and the Kolowrat Theatre (Divadlo Kolowrat).

Prague Castle
A castle was established on this site in the 9th century, and a Romanesque palace was erected in the 12th. In the 14th century, under the reign of Charles IV, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style. The final reconstruction of the Royal palace took place under the Jagellons at the end of the 15th century, and at that time the builder Benedikt Rejt added the now-famous Vladislav Hall, also in Gothic style. The castle was enlarged in the 16th century, especially after a big fire in 1541. The Spanish Hall, in a new part of the castle, was added in the reign of Rudolf II, and it took its final form in the time of Empress Maria Theresa, under the direction of the architect M. Pacassi. After World War I the interior and gardens of the castle were renovated by the architect J. Plecnik. Today the Castle is the seat of the President of the Czech Republic, and it serves as the historical and political center of both city and state. The changing of the guard takes place every hour on the hour, from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Each day at noon there is also a solemn fanfare.

Spanish Synagogue
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During the Second World War, the Germans used the building as a repository for property taken from the Jews. The building underwent a restoration in the late 1990s.

Ecotechnical Museum
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Karluv Most
As the most picturesque and well-known of Prague's Vlatava crossings, the Charles Bridge is also the oldest by around four hundred years. Built to replace the wooden Judith Bridge (most of which had been swept away by a major flood in 1342), the Karlův most makes use of its predecessor's original bridgeheads in a pleasing, typically Bohemian design. Commissioned by King Charles IV (hence the name) and designed by the royal architect of the age, Peter Parlěř, the bridge was a masterpiece of engineering for the time. Taking more than 60 years to build, the bridge's foundation stone was laid in 1357, with the final structure being completed in 1420.

Old New Synagogue
The Old New Synagogue in Josefov, Prague (also called the Alt-neu Shul, the Altneuschule, the Altneusynagoge , or Staronová synagoga in Czech) is Europe's oldest active synagogue.
Completed in 1270 in gothic style, it was one of Prague's first gothic buildings. It was originally called the New or Great Shul. When newer synagogues were built in the 16th century, it became known as the Old-New Synagogue. A still older synagogue, known as the Old Shul, was demolished in 1867 and replaced by the Spanish synagogue.

Pivovar a Restaurace "U Fleků"
Site of a Detour in Leg 11 of The Amazing Race 15 (2009)

Kozička
Site of a Detour in Leg 11 of the Amazing Race 15 (2009)

Střelecký ostrov
Site of the Pit Stop of Leg 11 of the Amazing Race 15 (2009)
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Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
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FKA McCarran International Airport and McCarran Field

Graceland Wedding Chapel
Site of many celebrity weddings, and featured in films like The Hangover.

Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Mirage Hotel/Casino
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Monte Carlo Hotel
The Monte Carlo exemplifies a solid fusion of European refinement, American dazzle and true Vegas hospitality.
From the moment one catches sight of the entrance -- remarkable in itself, with its Renaissance statues and cascading fountains -- the Monte Carlo evokes an elegance unique not only to Vegas but also to the world.

MGM Grand Hotel/Casino
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Wayne Newton's House (former)
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The singer and entertainer lived here. He sold the 3-bed, 6-bath, 9,726 sq ft home on June 25, 2010 for $19,500,000.