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top_places

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).

detourmap.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent endpoint

detourmap.com

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.detourmap]
url = "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "detourmap": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: detourmap
Remote MCP URL: https://detourmap.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "detourmap": {
      "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "detourmap": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "detourmap",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

Related tools

search_places — Search 70,520 notable places worldwide by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match): ruins, beaches, caves, waterfalls, volcanoes, castles, museums, ghost towns and more.
get_place — Fetch one place’s full record by slug (preferred, e.
places_near — 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>?
list_kinds — Detourmap’s seven kinds (layers) with worldwide counts and browsable index pages — ruins & the uncanny, sacred sites, built landmarks, nature & landscapes, parks & cemeteries, museums & culture, and fun & leisure.
list_countries — Every country in the atlas with its place count, most first — answers "which country has the most notable places".
get_statistics — 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.
random_place — One random place with its full record — deliberately biased toward the little-known long tail, like the site’s own "Surprise me" button.