Wikivoyage:Discover Voyage Tips and guide

Here we collaborate on future discover facts that are featured on the Main Page (and on the Discover page).

• At a minimum, [[link]] the article that contains the fact in question. The fact must be taken from a Wikivoyage article.
• '''Boldface''' the fact of interest.
• Linked articles don't need to be perfect, but preference should be given to those with a status of "usable" or higher.
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The interesting fact linked to this image goes here.

• When looking for fun facts to add, Special:Random (also accessible in the left sidebar) which displays a random Wikivoyage article can be a useful tool. As many articles unfortunately are short on content, you may want to hit the link multiple times while opening up new articles in new tabs.

Although Langue de Barbarie National Park is most known for the over 160 different species of birds that visit (pelicans pictured), it was actually established to protect sea turtles. Samurai armor gifted by Japan to Malta in 1862 is on display at the Malta Pavilion at Osaka Expo 2025 for the first time since WWII. Dow Gardens in Midland, Michigan is said to have the longest canopy walk in North America.

• The content in Template:Discover is automatically updated on a daily basis and each Discover entry is displayed for three days.
• If the box above is empty, it means that the template ran out of entries. If this happens you can add new entries from the nominations below. Remove entries from the nominations list as you add them to the template.
• If you are unsure about how it works, feel free to try out things in the Discover sandbox first.
• When an entry isn't shown on the Main Page any longer, it should be added to the Discover archive, not just deleted from the template.

Add your entries to the end of this list. Do not leave any space or other commentary between entries. However, feel free to rearrange the list, because geographic variety in what's displayed is good (e.g. if the next three items are all from Europe, it's good to intersperse something from somewhere else).

• Most characters have two or more pronunciations in Minnan, which means that many characters would be pronounced differently depending on context.
• From Pinkullyuna Hill there are spectacular views of the Ollantaytambo ruins and town and the Urubamba Valley.

• Guruvayoor (East Nada gate pictured) is one of the most sacred and important pilgrim towns in India.
• Famous for watchmaking, Biel is home to Rolex, Omega, Swatch and other famous makers.
• Dmitrov features a frog museum.

• The Rusty Relics Museum (pictured) in Carlyle, Saskatchewan is housed in a former railway station.
• Said to have been built by a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammed, Arba-Rucun Mosque is one of very few buildings in Mogadishu's historic center which is not a ruin.
• The monument Chikyū 33 Banchi in Kochi is constructed at 133°33'33" East Longitude, 33°33'33" North Latitude, marking the unique spot where 33 appears consecutively in all six markers.

• Teatro Tomás Terry in Cienfuegos is most impressive on the inside (pictured) where little has been changed since its completion in 1889.
• A typical geocache will usually be a waterproof plastic container which contains a small log and sometimes also a pen or pencil.
• A highlight at Museo Archeologico in Olbia is the recovered remains of ancient shipwrecks.

• Built around 1691, a thatched cottage in Castlerock named Hezlett House (pictured) is one of the oldest buildings in Ulster.
• The sole terminal of Beijing Daxing International Airport with six arms radiating from a central nexus is nicknamed "starfish", due to its shape and color.
• The currency of Gabon is the Central African CFA franc, also used by five other countries. It is interchangeable at par with the West African CFA franc, which is used by six countries.

• Due to its dark nighttime skies and the relative clarity of its air, Joshua Tree National Park is a popular spot for amateur astronomy, stargazing, and astrophotography (view of the night sky with a Joshua Tree pictured).
• Bratislava has one of the smallest historical centers of any European capital, but that makes the charm more concentrated.
• An underwater sculpture garden that can only be visited with scuba gear lies just offshore of Isla Mujeres.

• Paris is known as the city of love, and in its 18th arrondissement, there's a wall with "I love you" written in many languages (pictured).
• Like some other famous cities, Kampala is said to be a City of Seven Hills.
• Qaanaaq is one of the world's northernmost civilian settlements.

• Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is the standard language in the Arabic speaking world (map pictured), but travelers should learn the relevant dialect for their destination for spoken communication.
• The Western Leyte Guerrilla Warfare Forces Monument in Ormoc commemorates the Filipino resistance against the Japanese occupiers in World War II.
• Soweto is the only place in the world to have raised two Nobel Peace Prize winners: Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

• The architecture of the Church of St. Martin (pictured) in Türi, with a multi-tiered bell tower, distinguishes it from most other Estonian medieval churches.
• Most of the 16th-century Aqueduct of Plasencia remains in excellent condition.
• The Collarenebri Aboriginal Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery and ceremonial site for Indigenous Australians.

• Also known as "The City of Mills", Black Hawk is a popular destination because casino gambling (a casino hotel pictured) is legal there.
• At the Mirador Alemán, towering over Concepción, there's a stone tower built as a tribute to the first chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck.
• The Canadian Western Agribition in Regina is Canada's premiere agriculture show with events from rodeo to trade shows.

• Sōya Misaki outside Wakkanai is - aside of a small inaccessible island further north - the northernmost point of Japan, marked by a monument (pictured).
• Iconic souvenirs to buy on the Trobriand Islands are decorated gourds, used to carry the lime that is mixed with the betel nut that is often chewed there.
• Now a museum, the Rademacher forges in Eskilstuna were established in the 1650s to produce small arms and artillery for the Swedish Empire.

• Vicksburg National Military Park features an impressive collection of monuments (one pictured) along its 16-mile tour route.
• The Dutch city of Hoorn gave Cape Horn, the southernmost part of South America, its name.
• Museo Larco in Lima is housed in a vice-royal mansion of the 18th century built over a 7th-century pre-Columbian pyramid.

• The Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary is one of the world's most renowned bird feeding and breeding grounds (painted storks pictured).
• Among other things, the Barataria Museum in Jean Lafitte explores the history of privateering.
• Also featuring a whale museum, Húsavík is one of the main destinations for whale watching in Iceland.

• The partially collapsed church of the Kobayr Monastery (pictured) in Tumanyan once had magnificently exposed frescoes - which are now being covered again as the complex is restored.
• The historic core of Frankfort is hidden in the deep valley of the Kentucky River, completely invisible to travellers on Interstate 64.
• Sirsi is famous for several sweets prepared by locals.

• Nearly all houses within the historic center of Lich are half-timbered (pictured).
• The Portuguese settlement in Malacca is home to descendants of the Portuguese who conquered Malacca in 1511.
• Ahlbeck Pier in Heringsdorf is the oldest pier in Germany.

• Lubumbashi has several prominent examples of colonial architecture, such as the Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Paul (pictured).
• During WWII, Camp X Intrepid Park in Whitby, Ontario was a training camp for British agents preparing to be parachuted into Nazi-occupied territory.
• Listed as a world heritage site, Cidade Velha is the oldest European-founded city in the tropics.

• The Luce Memorial Chapel (pictured) in Taichung is a popular tourist destination and a place of worship regardless of visitors' religion.
• The Finnskogleden hiking trail traverses an area in the Swedish-Norwegian borderland where Finnish settlers established homesteads in the 1600s.
• Cafayate is known for its vineyards and fantastic rock formations.

• With its manicured landscape (the artificial Crystal Lagoon pictured), Bintan Resorts is a rather artificial destination.
• The Sing Sing Prison Museum in Ossining features a replica of the original electric chair and a collection of homemade knives confiscated from prisoners.
• Kutikina Cave in Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park is rich in archaeology - over 30,000 stone artefacts and 200,000 bone fragments have been discovered.

• If you bring expensive gear for travel photography, packing it properly (special camera bag pictured) becomes an issue.
• The Fanar Qatar Islamic Cultural Center in Doha aims to educate non-Muslims about Islam by offering free Arabic classes as well as art and calligraphy exhibits.
• The Ballona Wetlands are a remnant of the wetlands that once dominated the landscape around Marina del Rey.

• The Tugendhat Villa (pictured) in Brno was the site of the meeting which decided upon the Velvet Divorce that separated Czechia and Slovakia in 1992.
• If you'll do a lot of shopping on your trip, remember that customs duties can be part of your costs.
• The Tombs of Kings in Paphos are not burial places of ancient royalty, but of other high officials and rich citizens.

• A former colonial German town, Lüderitz has a distinctive German atmosphere and colonial-style buildings (pictured), reflecting the Art Nouveau style architecture at the turn of the 20th century.
• There is a theory that beer is even older than farming.
• The birdlife of Asmat is especially rich, and birdwatching there is certain to be challenging but very rewarding.

• As the name reveals, Redwood National Park protects several groves of massive redwood trees (pictured).
• The bell tower of Iglesia de San Francisco in Popayán features one of the biggest bells in the Americas, made from gold and bronze.
• According to a story, Lisbon's Botanical Gardens was established because the Portuguese king wanted one of every type of plant in the world.

• The Kosturnica Memorial (pictured) in Veles is symbolizing a German World War II helmet, broken in four pieces - a symbol of the defeat of fascism.
• Located just across the sea from Taiwan, Fujian province is the ancestral homeland for most Taiwanese, and continues to share close cultural ties with the island.
• As the home of author Stephen King, Bangor, Maine, appears often in fictional works.

• Home to over 250 bird species (flamingos pictured), the salt marshes of Gediz Delta outside Izmir are known as the Bird Paradise.
• Takamatsu is famous throughout Japan for its udon noodles, one of the three major types of Japanese noodles.

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• I've self-reverted an item I'd added about an ice hotel as novelty architecture. I see nothing in Wikivoyage talk:Discover#Overlinking that should prohibit me from linking both novelty architecture and the article about the town. Comments? K7L (talk) 02:26, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. As you said, use as many relevant links as there are. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:26, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It seems I have misinterpreted what the consensus was (or rather wasn't; the discussion doesn't seem to have come to any conclusion). This being the case, I apologise for interfering with your edits and citing a consensus that doesn't exist.

However, I do agree with Ypsi's original concerns that the entry should generally only link to the page where the fact is mentioned; in nearly all cases that is the destination / travel topic that is the entry's subject. Novelty architecture (as an article covering an entire field of study) is only tenuously related to this one specific ice hotel in Sweden. It's a bit like linking to Historical travel (very broad and general topic) in an entry about Herculaneum (a specific Roman archaeological site).

But we should really try to conclude that discussion one way or the other. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 10:55, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What if the fact is mentioned in more than one place? For instance, Chicken AK being named for ptarmigan is mentioned in both the town's article and places with unusual names. Likewise, it would make sense for the "ice hotel" concept to be mentioned both in their host cities and in the novelty architecture article. K7L (talk) 11:17, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well, ice hotels in general, and the specific hotel in question are both mentioned on novelty architecture, like you say. There are lots of cases like this where the same or similar information appears on more than one page. But the discover fact is about this hotel in particular (it being the very first of its kind), so that's the article we should link to, in my opinion. There could be a future discover entry specifically for the novelty architecture article, though, no problem. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 11:48, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The novelty architecture is the whole point of the item; the bit about "being first" was merely an arbitrary line drawn to avoid having to list all of the other hotels of the same genre - which are too numerous to fit in a twenty-word blurb. K7L (talk) 12:44, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I still think we should link to just one article, the article where the fact appears. If we are to link to several articles, like the factoids in Wikipedia's Did you know (upon which our Discover section is based), I'd say we should also write the name of the article where the fact appears in bold letters, just like they do. --ϒpsilon (talk) 14:25, 18 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The facts do appear in places with unusual names (for Chicken) and novelty architecture (for the ice hotel). K7L (talk) 02:47, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In these cases I still see the destination is the "main article" which should be highlighted somehow. It's Jukkasjärvi that has become famous because of the ice hotel representing Novelty architecture, not the other way around (ie. novelty architecture would still be around if they had built it in Gällivare instead, or not at all). In the same way, Chicken is famous because it has a funny name. --ϒpsilon (talk) 10:50, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If the rest of you think it's best to have only one link per entry, I'll accede to that. Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:57, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's for the best. We can still have a fact relating to novelty architecture in the future, whereas linking two or more articles in one fact is basically using those articles up for the foreseeable future, in that we don't like repeat coverage of the same articles within a period of time. --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 11:26, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the concerns about duplication are that we don't want the same fact twice, not that we are trying to prevent two facts about the same destination from appearing at different times. This was raised at Wikivoyage talk:Discover#Repeating Discoveries and Same-type Discoveries before the WT split, and I think there was one we'd removed the better part of a year ago here as the same fact was mistakenly submitted twice, one month apart. K7L (talk) 13:34, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

We can certainly feature a single destination as many times as we like but I think there should be a couple of months between them at least. Intentionally featuring the same fact again is something we should avoid, though if this occasionally happens by accident (maybe because there have been so long time since it was featured that nobody remembers) I don't think it's a huge problem. For instance, the fact we had a few weeks back of Michigan's map resembling two hands was featured in October 2015 with a different wording. ϒpsilon (talk) 08:34, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'd prefer not to feature the same fact twice, or have three facts from the same country appear in the same three-day interval (like The [[Aleutian Islands]] of Alaska are the easternmost U.S. point", "[[Texas]] is the second-largest state, behind Alaska", "[[Wyoming]] is the second least-populous, behind Alaska")... unless this were April 1 or some occasion where the pattern is the joke. Conversely, I can't see a fact on big things in Australia being precluded because a fact on ice hotels had already run previously; both are technically novelty architecture. K7L (talk)

• The 2½-mile boardwalk is the central focus of Ocean City's attractions.

This is a disambig page – which Ocean City is it?

New Jersey, it's in the lead. I opened the three articles and searched the for the sentence, that took a fifth of the time writing this reply. Ypsilon (talk) 10:23, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• St. Johns Maroon Church (pictured) in Freetown was built by Maroons, former slaves from Jamaica returning to Africa.

The image is too low quality that is too dark and focused on the overcast sky and streetposts not the church. The church is technically there, but it's far away in the background and hard to see. This appears to be the only picture on Commons with the church. I'm putting this here in case it was chosen as a photo feature for a special reason. If that's the case, it should stay here until a quality photo of the church is uploaded. If not, it can quickly be re-added as one of the facts without a photo. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 15:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following calendar-related items are "ready-to-go" criteria-wise and should be moved to the main queue at a date appropriate to the trivia featured: