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/ October 12, 2026
Aquaman: Power Wave is a launched water coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, that opened to the public on March 11, 2023. Built by Mack Rides, it holds the distinction of being the first PowerSplash model installed in North America, a design…
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/ October 11, 2026
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium sits just off the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where it has served as the home field of Navy Midshipmen football since opening in 1959. The stadium replaced the much smaller Thompson Stadium, which held only…
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/ October 11, 2026
Le Poisson Rouge opened in 2008 at 158 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, on the former site of the legendary Village Gate, which had hosted acts for 38 years before closing. Founded by Justin Kantor and David Handler, both graduates of the…
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/ October 11, 2026
The Crocodile opened as the Crocodile Cafe on April 30, 1991, when Seattle attorney Stephanie Dorgan launched a club at 2200 2nd Avenue in the Belltown neighborhood. Within a year, the room became a proving ground for the city’s exploding music scene, hosting Nirvana as…
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/ October 11, 2026
The Lehigh Valley Zoo sits on about 29 acres inside the sprawling 1,100-acre Trexler Nature Preserve in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, a short drive from Allentown. The surrounding preserve traces its roots back to 1906, when local industrialist Harry Clay Trexler began buying up farmland to protect…
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/ October 11, 2026
Lee Richardson Zoo sits inside Finnup Park in Garden City, Kansas, where it has introduced visitors to wildlife from around the world since 1927. What began with two skunks brought in by local Chief of Police Lee Richardson, through a partnership between the city and…
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/ October 11, 2026
Woodstock Express is a classic wooden roller coaster tucked into the Planet Snoopy section of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters and designed by the legendary John C. Allen, it has been thrilling young riders since the park’s earliest days, making…
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/ October 11, 2026
Tumbili is a steel 4D Free Spin roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by S&S – Sansei Technologies and opened on March 12, 2022. Its name comes from the Swahili word for “monkey,” fitting its home inside the park’s Jungle X-Pedition area…
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/ October 10, 2026
Snapdragon Stadium rose on the Mission Valley site long occupied by San Diego Stadium, the multipurpose venue that hosted the Chargers and Padres for decades before its 2021 demolition. Built by San Diego State University and opened on August 19, 2022, the $310 million venue…
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/ October 10, 2026
Stage AE sits on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, wedged between Acrisure Stadium and PNC Park, as one of the city’s busiest live entertainment complexes. The venue opened on December 3, 2010, following groundbreaking that April, and launched with two sold-out shows from Pittsburgh native Girl Talk.
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/ October 10, 2026
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, known to New Yorkers simply as BAM, traces its roots back to 1859, when it was chartered as a home for the Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn. Its first building in Brooklyn Heights opened in 1861 and quickly became a cultural…
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/ October 10, 2026
The Key West Aquarium has anchored the island’s waterfront near Mallory Square since the Great Depression, when construction began in 1932 at the urging of Dr. Robert O. Van Deusen, a former superintendent of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park Aquarium. The project was funded by the federal…
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/ October 10, 2026
Jenkinson’s Aquarium sits right on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, tucked inside a landmark pink building that has welcomed Jersey Shore visitors since 1991. Built on the site of a former saltwater pool, the aquarium still uses some of the original pumps…
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/ October 10, 2026
The Great Pumpkin Coaster is a gentle kiddie roller coaster tucked into the KidZville area of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by E&F Miler Industries, it opened on March 29, 1997, as Taxi Jam Coaster before the park re-themed it around the Peanuts character…
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/ October 10, 2026
Backlot Stunt Coaster is a launched family roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, built by Premier Rides and designed by Werner Stengel. It opened on May 27, 2006, originally themed to the film “The Italian Job” as Italian Job: Turbo Coaster, before losing…
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/ October 9, 2026
Apple Zapple is a steel wild mouse roller coaster tucked into the Candy Apple Grove section of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by Mack Rides, the coaster first opened on March 23, 2002 under the name Ricochet, running for over a decade and a…
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/ October 9, 2026
The Lil’ Devil Coaster is a small steel coaster in the Jr. Thrill Seekers section of Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. Built by Italian manufacturer Zamperla, it’s a classic ‘Family Gravity Coaster’ designed to give young riders their first taste of…
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/ October 8, 2026
Michie Stadium has been the home of Army Black Knights football since it opened on October 4, 1924, when the Black Knights beat Saint Louis 17-0 to christen the new field. Built on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New…
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/ October 8, 2026
Joan C. Edwards Stadium sits on the campus of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, where it has hosted the Thundering Herd football program since opening on September 7, 1991. Built for roughly $30 million, the stadium replaced the aging, off-campus Fairfield Stadium and gave…
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/ October 8, 2026
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a sprawling 16.3-acre campus on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, built as one of the largest concentrations of performing arts venues in the world. Ground broke in 1959 under a redevelopment effort championed by John D. Rockefeller…
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