# Cultural attractions

Cultural attractions allow travellers to experience mankind's physical and intellectual creations. Culture in its broadest sense is everything made by humans; however, some feats make greater impressions than others. The UNESCO World Heritage List contains some of these sites, together with natural attractions.

## Architecture

    See also: Architecture
* Castles
* Chicago skyline guide
* Delta Works – flood protection structures in the Netherlands
* Developmental records – the longest, the tallest, the oldest etc.
* Fortifications
* Grand houses
* Haciendas
* Le Corbusier World Heritage
* Lighthouses
* New Mexico Pueblos
* The Persian Caravanserai
* Signs
* Suburbs

## Art and antiques

* Art and antiques shopping
* Arts in Japan
* Design
* European art
* Modern and contemporary art
* Murals and graffiti
* Sculpture
* Visual arts

## Curiosities and fringe phenomena

* Cryptozoology
* Fringe phenomena
* Places with unusual names
* UFOs

## Ethnic groups

The world is populated by thousands of different ethnic and national groups, most of them without a sovereign country to call their own. An ethnicity is usually defined by language, religion and traditions, rather than geography or politics.
* Acadians, the French-speakers of Canada's east coast and their cousins in Louisiana, the Cajuns
* Amish and Mennonites
* Celts
* Indigenous cultures of North America
** Indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica
** Maya culture
** Navajo Nation
** New Mexico Pueblos
** Ohio prehistoric sites
* Indigenous cultures of South America
* Indigenous Australian culture
* Indigenous Taiwanese culture
* Indigenous Peoples Trail in Nepal
* Kanak culture in New Caledonia
* Maori culture
* Minority cultures of China
* Minority cultures of Japan
* Minority cultures of Russia
* Nordic folk culture
* Roma culture in Europe
* Sami culture in northern Scandinavia and Russia's Kola Peninsula

## Fiction

    See also: Fiction tourism
* Assassin's Creed Tour
* Breaking Bad Tour
* Game of Thrones tourism
* Harry Potter tourism
* Horror fiction
* James Bond tourism
* Literary travel
** Literary London
* Lord of the Rings tourism
* The Wire Tour
* X-Files tourism

## Games

* Board games in general, including newer ones
** Chess
** Xiangqi (Chinese chess)
** Go (weiqi, baduk)
** Shogi (Japanese chess)
** Monopoly

## Government and institutions

* Interesting borders
* Legislative buildings
* Local governments
* Military and police ceremonies
* Monarchies
* Official residences
* Spies and secrets
* United Nations
* Visiting company headquarters

## History

    See also: Historical travel
* Archaeological sites
* Ghost towns
* History of organized labor
* History of justice
* In the footsteps of explorers
* Living history museums
* Military tourism
* Old towns
* Organized crime tourism
* Philosophy tourism
* UNESCO World Heritage List

## Holidays

* Carnival
** New Orleans Mardi Gras
* Chinese New Year, Golden Week holidays in China
* Christmas and New Year travel
** Christmas in the Philippines
** Christmas markets
* Day of the Dead
* Easter travel
* Golden Week in Japan
* Halloween
* Holidays of the United States
* Spring break
* Travelling during Ramadan

## Performance

* Chinese performing arts
* Music
** European classical music
** Indian classical music
** Jazz
** Music festivals
** Music in Britain and Ireland
** Musical instruments
** Nordic music
** Rock and roll
* Musical theatre
* Reenactment and live-action roleplaying
* Social dancing
** Salsa dancing in Latin America
* Stand-up comedy

## Religion

    See also: Religion and spirituality
* Baha'i Faith
* Buddhism
* Cemeteries
* Christianity
** Amish and Mennonites
** Christian sites in Japan
** Churches in Antarctica
** Churches in Chicago
** Churches in Ethiopia
** Churches in South Australia
** The Painted Monasteries, Romania
** Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region
* Hinduism
* Imperial tombs of the Ming and Qing dynasties, China
* Islam
* Judaism
* Places of worship in Singapore
* Sacred sites of China
* Sacred sites of the Indian sub-continent
* Sanamahism
* Sikhism
* Zoroastrianism

## Science and technology

* Automotive history
* Aviation history
** Aviation history in the United States
* Golden Age of Modern Physics
* Hacker tourism
* Industrial tourism
* Maritime tourism
* Mathematics tourism
* Mining tourism
* Nuclear tourism
* Royal Flying Doctor Service tourism, Australia (RFDS tourism)
* Science tourism
* Space flight sites
* Steam power
* Textiles
* Underground works
* Urban rail adventures

## Sport

    See also: Sport, Spectator sports
* American football
* Association football (soccer)
** Association football in Europe
* Australian rules football
* Baseball in the United States
* Basketball in North America
* Boxing
* Cricket
* Field hockey
* Handball in Europe
* Horse racing
* Ice hockey in North America
* Motor sport
** Formula One
** Motorcycle speedway
* International multi-sport events:
** Olympic Games
** Gay Games
* Polo in Manipur
* Rugby football

## Others

* Australia's big things
* Japan's Top 3
* Miniatures, dioramas and scale models
* The Most Beautiful Villages of France
* Museums
* Off the beaten track in Japan
* Pueblos Mágicos in Mexico
* Touring prestigious and notable universities in the U.S.
* Trams in Melbourne
* UNESCO Creative Cities
* UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage