Places worth a detour, from Wikidata: search, nearby lookup, fame rankings, stats. No key, CC0.
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Fetch one place’s full record by slug (preferred, e.g. "neuschwanstein-castle") or exact name: coordinates, founding year, worldwide fame rank and tier, short description, photo URL, Wikipedia and Wikidata links, and a deep link that opens it on the map. Unsure of the slug? Call search_places first.
Slug (preferred, e.g. "colosseum") or exact name
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Fetch one place’s full record by slug (preferred, e.g. "neuschwanstein-castle") or exact name: coordinates, founding year, worldwide fame rank and tier, short description, photo URL, Wikipedia and Wikidata links, and a deep link that opens it on the map. Unsure of the slug? Call search_places first.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| place* | string | Slug (preferred, e.g. "colosseum") or exact name |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"place"
],
"properties": {
"place": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Slug (preferred, e.g. \"colosseum\") or exact name"
}
}
}Headline statistics computed live from the atlas: totals by kind, top countries, fame-tier sizes, dated-entry stats, geographic extremes and the most famous place. The source for aggregate claims like "how many castles are on Detourmap" or "which country has the most notable places".
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}Every country in the atlas with its place count, most first — answers "which country has the most notable places". Countries with eight or more places include a browsable index page URL.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}The layers Detourmap carries — archaeological and nature — with worldwide counts and a browsable index page for each. The atlas is cut to these kinds and holds nothing else.
No arguments.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}List notable places within a radius of a WGS84 coordinate, most famous first (rank order), each with distance_km — the direct answer to "what is worth visiting near <place>?". Radius defaults to 50 km (max 500). Geocode the location yourself, then call this with its latitude/longitude. Filter by kind to answer e.g. "waterfalls near Zurich".
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| kind | string | Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional) |
| limit | integer | Max results (default 15) |
| latitude* | number | |
| longitude* | number | |
| radius_km | number | Search radius in km (default 50) |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"latitude",
"longitude"
],
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Max results (default 15)"
},
"latitude": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 90,
"minimum": -90
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 180,
"minimum": -180
},
"radius_km": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 500,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Search radius in km (default 50)"
}
}
}One random place with its full record — deliberately biased toward the little-known long tail, like the site’s own "Surprise me" button. Optionally limit by country and/or kind. Great for discovery and "place of the day" features.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| kind | string | Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional) |
| country | string | Country name or ISO code (optional) |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional)"
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Country name or ISO code (optional)"
}
}
}Search 39,832 notable places worldwide by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match): archaeological and nature. Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and kind. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each carries coordinates, fame rank/tier and links to the map and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| kind | string | Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional) |
| limit | integer | Max results (default 10) |
| query* | string | Name or part of a name, e.g. "pyramiden" or "plitvice" |
| country | string | Country name or 2-letter ISO code (optional) |
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Max results (default 10)"
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name or part of a name, e.g. \"pyramiden\" or \"plitvice\""
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Country name or 2-letter ISO code (optional)"
}
}
}The most famous places worldwide, in one country, or of one kind — ordered by Detourmap fame rank (derived from Wikipedia language coverage; rank 1 is the most famous). The direct answer to "most famous <kind> in <country>" and "what are the must-sees in <country>".
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| kind | string | Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional) |
| limit | integer | How many (default 10) |
| country | string | Country name or ISO code (optional — omit for worldwide) |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional)"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "How many (default 10)"
},
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Country name or ISO code (optional — omit for worldwide)"
}
}
}