Cultural attractions

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Cultural attractions allow travellers to experience mankind's physical and intellectual creations. Culture in its broadest sense is everything made by humans; however, some feats make greater impressions than others. The UNESCO World Heritage List contains some of these sites, together with natural attractions.

Religion

{{seealso|Religion and spirituality

  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Churches of Ethiopia
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Sikhism
  • Zoroastrianism
  • Painted Monasteries
  • Sacred sites of the Indian sub-continent
  • Cemeteries
  • Imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties

Architecture

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  • Castles
  • Delta Works
  • Florida lighthouses
  • Fortifications
  • Chicago skyline guide
  • New Mexico Pueblos
  • Le Corbusier World Heritage

Art

  • Visual arts
  • European art
  • Modern and contemporary art
  • Murals and graffiti
  • Art and antiques shopping

History

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See also: Historical travel
  • Archaeological sites
  • Old towns
  • Ghost towns
  • Industrial tourism
  • History of justice
  • Pioneer villages
  • UNESCO World Heritage List
  • Nuclear tourism
  • Military tourism
  • Indigenous peoples of North America
  • Military museums and sites in Australia
  • Mining tourism
  • Spies and secrets

Ethnic groups

The world is populated by thousands of different ethnic and national groups, most of them without a sovereign country to call their own. An ethnicity is defined by language, religion and traditions, rather than geography or politics.

  • Celts
  • Sami culture in northern Scandinavia
  • Roma culture in Europe
  • Indigenous legacy in Australia
  • Indigenous Peoples Trail in Nepal
  • Indigenous cultures of North America
  • Indigenous cultures of South America
  • Minority cultures of Russia
  • New Mexico Pueblos

Spectator sports

Instead of playing a sport yourself, you can watch professional athletes.

  • American football
  • Australian rules football
  • Baseball in the United States
  • Basketball in North America
  • Cricket
  • Football in Europe
  • Handball in Europe
  • Ice hockey in North America
  • Motor sport
  • Formula One
  • Motorcycle speedway
  • Olympic Games
  • Rugby football

Fiction

{{seealso|Fiction tourism

  • Assassin's Creed Tour
  • Game of Thrones tourism
  • Horror fiction
  • James Bond tourism
  • Literary travel
  • Literary London
  • Breaking Bad Tour
  • The Wire Tour
  • X-Files tourism

Music

Main article: Music
  • European classical music
  • Jazz
  • Music festival circuit
  • Music in Britain and Ireland
  • Nordic music
  • Rock and roll
  • Salsa dancing in Latin America

Games

  • Chess
  • Xiangqi

Holidays

  • Christmas and New Year travel
  • Easter travel
  • Christmas markets
  • Christmas in the Philippines
  • Halloween
  • Day of the Dead
  • Chinese New Year/Golden Week holidays in China
  • Travelling during Ramadan

Others

  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Art and antiques shopping
  • Big things in Australia
  • Cryptozoology
  • Fringe phenomena
  • Japan's Top 3
  • Monarchies
  • The Most Beautiful Villages of France
  • Museums
  • Musicals
  • Nightlife
  • Off the beaten track in Japan
  • Ohio State Parks
  • Places with unusual names
  • Reenactment and LARP
  • Touring prestigious and notable universities in the U.S.
  • Trams in Melbourne
  • Signs
  • Steam power
  • Stand-up comedy
  • UFOs
  • Underground works
  • UNESCO Creative Cities
  • UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • United Nations