Over 500 years old, surviving fire and earthquakes, it welcomes up to 400,000 people a day and takes pride in being the world's most visited destination - more popular than the Eiffel Tower.
When it comes to Cairo tourism, it's all about the Pyramids and a trip to this sprawling metropolis filled with mosques, markets and monuments would not be complete without a visit to the collection of ancient pharaonic wonders in Giza, on the outskirts of the city.
The National Mall, a look at the White House and cherry blossoms in springtime are all musts for visitors to Washington, D.C. But once you've got the essentials covered, including whatever monuments and museums are on your list, consider spending a few hours in Dupont Circle, a neighborhood with gems that range from a popular indie bookstore to a beer brewer's Victorian mansion. The area also includes a gas station on the National Register of Historic Places and the Phillips Collection, a modern art museum.
Spoiler alert: I didn't see any leopards. There. I've said it. I'd come on safari to Yala, the Sri Lankan national park renowned for having the world's highest concentration of leopards, but despite spending upward of 10 hours rumbling through the park's forests and grasslands in a jeep, I didn't see a single spotted big cat.
Stephen Curry made a zippy crossover to shed his defender then banked in a 55-footer at the halftime buzzer as the Golden State Warriors extended their record regular-season home winning streak to 46 by beating the Utah Jazz 115-94 on Wednesday night.
Jordan Spieth feels his game is in about the same spot as last year going into the Valspar Championship, which turned out to be the start of big run that carried him all the way to the Masters championship.
Brock Osweiler left Denver. Doug Martin remained in Tampa.
Women's snooker world champion Ng On-yee grew up beating the boys in the smoke-filled halls of Hong Kong.
Steffi Graf believes her Open-era record of 22 major singles titles will soon be eclipsed by Serena Williams - and she insists she will be happy for the American when it happens.
About 490 athletes, including 13 medalists, may have taken meldonium - the drug responsible for tennis star Maria Sharapova's failed dope test - at last year's European Games in Baku.
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