This Ontario Spot Is The ‘Most-Loved’ Landmark In The World & It Beat The Grand Canyon

From NarCity.com: It’s time to plan a day trip, because this Ontario landmark was just named the “most-loved” in the world, and it even beat the Grand Canyon. A study from Bounce, a luggage storage network, revealed the top 10 “best-loved” landmarks in the world, and Niagara Falls came in at the top of the…

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NY Getaway Guide: The Best Things to do at Niagara Falls

From Untapped Cities: From sea to shining sea the Untied States is filled with breathtaking natural wonders like the Grand Canyon, the redwoods of California, and the peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Lucky for us New Yorkers, one of America’s greatest natural treasures is right here in our home state. Less than a two-hour plane…

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Niagara Falls travelblog: Viewing the Falls from different spots

From NewsOK.com: My radio colleague, Jim Traber, made a great point with me the other day on The Sports Animal. Traber said Niagara Falls is a lot like the Grand Canyon. He is awed by Niagara Falls. He thinks it’s glorious. But when he gets there, he sees it, he’s impressed and he’s ready to…

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Daredevil Nik Wallenda Looking to Build Entertainment Complex in Niagara Falls

From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: With his walk over the Grand Canyon now over, Nik Wallenda has returned his focus to Western New York. On Wednesday, the daredevil announced that he is planning on walking a 200-foot high-wire at next year’s Erie County Fair. Wallenda is also moving ahead with plans to build an entertainment…

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Jumpers, climbers, fliers and more: Great daredevils of the last 100 years

From NBCNews.com: This Sunday, daredevil Nik Wallenda — who famously traversed Niagara Falls on a tightrope last year — will attempt another extreme balancing act: walking a tightrope over the Grand Canyon. Wallenda carries on a family tradition with his tricks — he is the seventh generation of the “Great Wallendas,” a stunt-performing family. And he calls to…

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Nik Wallenda on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me

Speaking of Nik Wallenda… Every week I download the podcast for NPR‘s Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! It is a news quiz that is usually quite funny. Each week there is some kind of famous person on to play part of the game. A couple of weeks ago Nik Wallenda was on to talk about his walk across the…

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Wallenda returns: Daredevil talks of new book and Falls site update

From the Niagara Gazette: Aerialist Nik Wallenda returned to Niagara Falls on Friday, and gave his word, once again, that plans for a Falls performance area were still in the works. The daredevil, who left the city so triumphantly last June after crossing the Niagara Gorge on a two-inch wire, held a press conference on…

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Wallenda to use Falls rope at canyon

From WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo: …Wallenda, who crossed the Niagara Falls last summer, is planning to take a piece of his Falls walk with him for an upcoming project. Wallenda is planning to use the rope from his walk across the Niagara Falls when he crosses the Grand Canyon…

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The man behind Nik Wallenda

From myFox Tampa Bay: When Nik Wallenda walked a high wire across Niagara Falls last summer, no one was watching more closely than Terry Troffer. He’s in charge of making sure that the wire, and everything else, is set up correctly and in good repair. Troffer also happens to be Nik Wallenda’s father. “My father…

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Least impressive landmarks

From KMOV Channel 4 in St Louis: CBS News and Vanity Fair conducted a survey, asking the public which national landmark really isn’t all that spectacular, in their eyes. The Gateway Arch made the list along with The Alamo, Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon, and Niagara Falls. The question was part of a larger poll….

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