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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, formerly Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, is Ohio's only national park: 33,000 acres along the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland and Akron, established 1974, redesignated 2000, with the 20-mile Towpath Trail and scenic railroad.

Cwmcarfan

Cwmcarfan, also spelled Cwmcarvan, is a small rural village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, roughly 4 miles southwest of Monmouth, with a parish church dating from the late 13th or early 14th century.

Cypress Gardens

Cypress Gardens, Winter Haven, Florida botanical garden and theme park founded by Dick and Julie Pope, opened January 2, 1936, closed September 23, 2009; famed for water ski shows and Southern Belles; site now LEGOLAND Florida, distinct from the South Carolina preserve.

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is a 148-acre cemetery, funeral home, and arboretum in Colma, California, founded in 1892 by Hamden Holmes Noble as the Bay Area's premier garden cemetery, notable for Hearst's mausoleum and the Pioneer Mound.

Cypresseta

Cypresseta, also Cepressata, was a Roman mutatio (horse-changing station) on the Via Agrippa between Avignon and Orange, recorded in the 4th-century Bordeaux Itinerary and located near Sorgues, Vaucluse, France.

Cyrene - Apollonia Road

Cyrene-Apollonia Road: ancient Greek-period highway, about 20 km, linking Cyrene with its port Apollonia in Cyrenaica, Libya; rebuilt under Claudius, Trajan (AD 100), and Hadrian (AD 118) after the Jewish revolt, traced by milestones, largely followed by the modern road.

Czesława Kwoka

Czesława Kwoka (1928–1943), Polish Catholic girl deported from Zamość to Auschwitz (prisoner 26947) and photographed by Wilhelm Brasse; her portraits became memorial icons of the Children of Zamość.

D-Sky Park

D-Sky Park (數碼天空景觀園區), also called Shuma Tiankong, is a mountain scenic park and cafe in Xinle Village, Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan, at about 1,200 m elevation, with NT$200 redeemable admission, viewing platform, trails, and space-cabin lodging.

D(a)edalium

D(a)edalium, also Daedalium or Dedalium, a Roman road station on Sicily's south coast in the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Agrigentum toward Syracusae; usually identified with Narasette near Palma di Montechiaro, not a modern hotel or the Dedalium browser RPG.

Dabanas

Dabanas (Δαβανάς), also Davana/Dabana/Dahbana, was a Late Roman fortress between Dara and Amida on the eastern frontier, listed by Procopius among the mountain forts Justinian rebuilt; its exact site remains uncertain.

Dableis

Dableis (Greek Δαβλεῖς, Dablis, mansio Dablae) was a Roman road station in Bithynia on the Nikaia–Ankyra road, near Himmetoğlu, Turkey, later identified with the Byzantine bishopric Numerika.

Dabous Giraffes

The Dabous Giraffes are two life-size rock engravings of giraffes carved into a sandstone outcrop at Dabous, north-eastern Niger, some 6,000 to 8,000 years ago.

Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains

The Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains are six fortified sites in Transylvania, Romania, the defensive core of the Dacian Kingdom and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.

Dadastana

Dadastana (τὰ Δαδάστανα), ancient border village between Bithynia and Galatia on the Nicaea–Ancyra road near Karahisar, Turkey; first attested by Ptolemy, best known as where Emperor Jovian died on 17 February 364 AD.

Daejeon Aquarium

Daejeon Aquarium (대전아쿠아리움), a cave-based freshwater aquarium and mini zoo on Bomunsan, Jung-gu, opened 2010 as Aqua World, closed 2012, reopened 2015; distinct from the 2021 Daejeon Expo Aquarium media-art attraction.

Daemyung Resort Cheonan

Daemyung Resort Cheonan (대명리조트 천안), now Sono Belle Cheonan, is a resort hotel and waterpark complex in Seongnam-myeon, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, South Korea. It reopened on July 7, 2021.

Dăeni

Dăeni, a commune in Tulcea County, Romania, is a Pleiades gazetteer ancient place (fort, 30 BC to AD 640, Barrington Atlas 22 F4) and the site of Tumulul de la Dăeni T69, a tumulus discovered in 2014.

Dafeng National Nature Reserve

Dafeng National Nature Reserve (大丰麋鹿国家级自然保护区), or Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve, is a Yellow Sea coastal wetland in Dafeng, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China, established 1986 for Père David's deer, a Ramsar site since 2002 with the world's largest Milu population.

Dagon Thiri Maha Bade Kan Taw Gyi

ဒဂုံသီရိမဟာဘေးမဲ့ကန်တော်ကြီး is a zoo and sanctuary lake in Mayangon Township, West Yangon District, Yangon, Myanmar, near Kaba Aye Pagoda; OSM node 11838349812, used for Buddhist fish-release ceremonies.

Dahar UNESCO Global Geopark

Dahar UNESCO Global Geopark, Tunisia's first geopark and Africa's third, designated April 2026; 6,000 km² in Gabès, Tataouine, and Médenine; Jebel Tebaga holds Africa's only marine Upper Permian outcrop.

Daheeyeon-Green Tea Culture Center

Daheeyeon (다희연) is a green tea farm and theme park in Jocheon-eup, Jeju City, on Jeju Island, South Korea, with cafes built into natural volcanic lava caves.

Daiara/Thiara

Daiara/Thiara is a small ancient settlement in Mesopotamia east of the Euphrates, recorded as Daiara by Isidore of Charax and as Thiar on the Peutinger Table.

Daiba 1-chōme Shōtengai

Daiba 1-chōme Shōtengai (台場一丁目商店街), also Odaiba Retro Museum since April 2025, is a free indoor recreation of a 1950s Showa-era shopping street in DECKS Tokyo Beach, Odaiba, Tokyo, with dagashi shops, retro arcades, a shooting gallery, and a haunted school.

Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark

Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark (Đắk Nông), Vietnam's third global geopark, designated July 2020: a 4,760 km2 Central Highlands territory with Southeast Asia's largest volcanic cave system, basalt lithophones, and over 40 ethnic groups; revalidated through 2027.

Dalai Lake Biosphere Reserve

Dalai Lake Biosphere Reserve (Hulun Lake, 达赉湖), Inner Mongolia, China: UNESCO MAB reserve (2002), Ramsar site 1146, and 7,400 km2 National Nature Reserve (1992) around northern China's largest lake, a key waterbird stopover.

Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia

Dalai Lake National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia (Hulun Lake area, China): Ramsar site no. 1146, designated 11 January 2002, 740,000 ha, also a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve; 284 bird species on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway with declining lake levels.

Dalankuh-Qamishlou Biosphere Reserve

Dalankuh-Qomlou Biosphere Reserve (دالانکوه‌قمیشلو) is a UNESCO reserve in Isfahan Province, Iran. Spanning 874,515 hectares, it supports wildlife like the Persian leopard, wild goat, and goitered gazelle.

Dalat Flower Plateau Eco-Tourism Area

Cao Nguyên Hoa Đà Lạt (Dalat Flower Plateau), a 120+ ha private eco-tourism park on Tà Nung pass about 11 km from Da Lat; opened 2022, with flower gardens, Seven-T Coffee, Đà Lạt Swing, and Greenline Luge.

Dalboşeţ

Dalboşeţ: commune of seven villages in southern Caraş-Severin, Romania, in Țara Almăjului on the Nera river; first attested 1603/1607, Banat Military Border seat from 1774, with a Dacian fortification at Grădişte, a Roman villa rustica at Dragomireana, and the namesake Badenian Dalboşeţ Beds.

Dalgang Folk Village

Dalgang Folk Village (달강민속촌) is a theme park and tourist attraction in Yeonam-dong, Buk-gu, Ulsan, South Korea, at 88-1 Hwabong-ro, coordinates 35.58787 N, 129.36881 E; the name is also used by a Ulsan pub.