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/ October 30, 2026
Air Grover is a junior roller coaster tucked into the Sesame Street Safari of Fun area of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Opened on March 27, 2010, the ride gives younger guests their first taste of a real roller coaster without the steep drops or inversions…
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/ October 29, 2026
Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland is a year-round Christmas retail store in Frankenmuth, Michigan, founded in 1945 by sign-painter Wally Bronner. What began as a small decorating and display business grew over decades of expansion into a 320,000-square-foot destination store that bills itself as the World’s Largest…
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/ October 29, 2026
Energizer Park is the soccer-specific stadium in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, that serves as home to Major League Soccer club St. Louis City SC. The venue opened on November 16, 2022, under its original name, CityPark, after Centene Corporation’s initial naming-rights deal fell through just…
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/ October 29, 2026
Joe Aillet Stadium sits on the campus of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, serving as the longtime home of the Bulldogs football program. The venue opened on September 28, 1968, as Louisiana Tech Stadium, debuting with a 35-7 win over East Carolina behind a…
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/ October 29, 2026
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens opened on March 9, 1970, as a wilderness preserve founded by trustees of the Palm Springs Desert Museum. Set against the Santa Rosa Mountains in Palm Desert, California, it grew from a small botanical reserve into one of the…
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/ October 29, 2026
Sunset Zoo is the city zoo of Manhattan, Kansas, tracing its roots back to 1933 when a rocky, burial-unsuitable section of the city’s Sunset Cemetery was repurposed into a wildlife park. Much of the original construction was carried out by the Works Progress Administration, and…
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/ October 29, 2026
The Joker Funhouse Coaster is a family-sized steel roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta. Built by Chance Rides, the compact coaster opened on September 4, 2004, as part of a wave of new attractions added to the park that year, originally debuting…
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/ October 29, 2026
Superman: Ultimate Flight opened at Six Flags Over Georgia on April 6, 2002, as the original installation of a Bolliger & Mabillard flying coaster model that Six Flags would later duplicate at two other parks. Riders are loaded face-down and parallel to the track, flying…
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/ October 28, 2026
When Great American Scream Machine opened at Six Flags Over Georgia on March 31, 1973, it carried a bold claim: the tallest, longest, and fastest roller coaster in the world. Built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters and designed by William Cobb, Don Rosser, and legendary wooden-coaster…
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/ October 28, 2026
Dare Devil Dive is a steel roller coaster in the USA section of Six Flags Over Georgia, opened on May 28, 2011. Built by German manufacturer Gerstlauer as a custom Euro-Fighter model, it was only the second ride of its type to open in the…
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/ October 27, 2026
The Rose Parade has opened New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California, since 1890, when members of the Valley Hunt Club staged a procession of flower-decked carriages to show off the region’s mild winter climate. The event quickly outgrew its country-club origins, and by 1895 the…
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/ October 27, 2026
Doyt Perry Stadium, affectionately known to fans as “The Doyt,” has served as the home field of the Bowling Green State University Falcons football team since October 1, 1966, when the Falcons christened the new venue with a 13-0 win over Dayton. The stadium sits…
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/ October 27, 2026
Stone Zoo is a 26-acre (11-hectare) zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts, tucked against the Middlesex Fells Reservation just north of Boston. Founded in 1905 as the Middlesex Fells Zoo, it was renamed the Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo in 1969 in honor of its longtime director…
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/ October 27, 2026
The Staten Island Zoo is a compact 8-acre zoo in West New Brighton, Staten Island, that has earned the nickname New York’s “biggest little zoo” since opening to the public on June 10, 1936. Built with an educational mission from the start, it was organized…
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/ October 27, 2026
Tucked into a grove of second-growth coast redwoods in Eureka, California, Sequoia Park Zoo has welcomed visitors since 1907, making it the oldest zoo in California. Despite its modest five-acre footprint, the zoo has built a reputation for intimate wildlife encounters and strong conservation programs…
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/ October 27, 2026
Blue Hawk is a steel looping roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton, Georgia, tucked into the park’s Lickskillet section. Built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, the coaster reaches 122 feet, hits speeds of 52 mph, and sends riders through five inversions along 2,742…
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/ October 27, 2026
Chupacabra is a steel inverted roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas, looming over the park’s entrance and parking lot at 105 feet tall. The ride dangles riders’ feet freely below the track as it races through 2,693 feet of track…
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/ October 26, 2026
The NHL Winter Classic is the league’s marquee outdoor regular-season game, played annually on or near New Year’s Day since its 2008 debut. The first edition pitted the Buffalo Sabres against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, where Sidney…
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/ October 26, 2026
Peden Stadium has anchored Ohio University’s athletic campus in Athens, Ohio since it opened on October 5, 1929. Built for just $185,000 and designed by Osborn Engineering, the same firm behind Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park, the venue originally carried the name Ohio Stadium before…
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/ October 26, 2026
Kenan Stadium has been the home of University of North Carolina football since November 1927, when the Tar Heels christened the venue with a win over Davidson. Built with a $275,000 gift from alumnus William R. Kenan Jr. in honor of his parents, the stadium…
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