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Detourmap Places — 71,763 places worth a detour

71,763 places · 17 kinds · 349 countries and territories — every place with coordinates, a Wikimedia Commons photo and an English Wikipedia article, from detourmap.com, the interactive world map of places worth going out of your way for: ancient ruins, waterfalls, caves, volcanoes, castles, military heritage, museums, ghost towns and more.

Mirror of github.com/Flightmussy/detourmap-places (v1.1.0). Archived with DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21432200. Live MCP server: https://detourmap.com/mcp.

Files

  • places.csv — one row per place, flat table
  • places.geojson — one Point feature per place, all fields as properties
  • places-compact.json — columnar {columns, rows} wire format (smallest)

Columns include kind/kind_label (17 kinds), fame_rank (1 = most famous, by Wikidata sitelink count), kind_rank (fame rank within the place's own kind), fame_tier, wikipedia, image, and the Wikidata qid.

Provenance

Selection is deterministic, not editorial: places come from ~50 Wikidata classes (castles, waterfalls, show caves, archaeological sites, museums…), and a record only qualifies with coordinates on Earth, a Commons photo (P18), an English label and an English Wikipedia article. Fame is measured, not judged. No AI-generated content: names and descriptions are Wikidata's own (CC0). Photos are not included — the image column links to Commons files carrying their own licenses.

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