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And the world's most beloved landmark is...
1. Machu Picchu (Machu Picchu, Peru) 2. Sheikh
Zayed Grand Mosque Center (UAE) 3. Angkor Wat
(Siem Reap, Cambodia) 4. St. Peter's Basilica
(Vatican City, Italy) 5. Taj Mahal (Agra,
India) 6. Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba (Cordoba,
Spain) 7. Church of the Savior on Spilt Blood
(Russia) 8. The Alhambra (Granada, Spain) 9.
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (Washington,
D.C.) 10. Milan Cathedral (Duomo) (Milan, Italy)
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According to the United Nations World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO), France is the world's most
visited country. Various surveys consistently
place Paris among the world's five most visited
cities. But don't expect to see the Eiffel Tower
-- or any other French landmark -- on
TripAdvisor's most recent list of what it calls
the World's Most Beloved Landmarks. You won't
find the Statue of Liberty, Great Wall of China
or Sydney Opera House on the list either. In a
press release, TripAdvisor explained that its
"most beloved" designees "were determined using
an algorithm that took into account the quantity
and quality of reviews and ratings for landmarks
worldwide, gathered over a 12-month period. So,
does the TripAdvisor community's opinions reflect
your own? TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice World's
Most Beloved Landmarks
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In Other News

• It's good to be LeBron James. The Cleveland
  Cavaliers star is preparing for the Eastern
  Conference Finals versus the Toronto Raptors, has
  put himself in line for another massive contract
  from the team this summer and could end up with
  another 1 billion thanks to his lifetime deal
  with Nike. In December 2015, James and Nike
  agreed to a lifetime deal. One source told
  ESPN.com's Darren Rovell the agreement was the
  "largest single-athlete guarantee in company
  history." Financial terms of the contract were
  not disclosed.
• Under the streets of the medieval Belgian city of
  Bruges, a full two-mile pipeline is being built
  -- exclusively for beer. The pipeline, which is
  expected to be completed this summer, will pump
  beer at a speed of 4,000 liters (about 1,057
  gallons) an hour from De Halve Maan Brewery in
  the center of Brussels to its bottling plant
  outside the city. "I think we are the very first
  ones to do this ever in the world," says Xavier
  Vanneste, whose family has run the brewery for
  160 years.