Thames. Windsor Castle has served as a royal residence for over 900 years.

Tonga. Captain Cook named the Tongan group of islands the Friendly Isles.

Port St. Lucie. Port St. Lucie, Florida has been the traditional spring training home of the New York Mets.

Ireland. Blarney Castle was destroyed in a fire in 1446, but was subsequently rebuilt.

San Marino. San Marino is known as the Postage Stamp country.

Ukraine. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" describes a disastrous British maneuver in 1854 during the Crimean War.