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Beijing, China (The Temple of Heaven)

I Asked the Temple of Heaven for Good Weather. It Said Yes.

For centuries, emperors prayed at Beijing's Temple of Heaven for good harvests. I asked for sunshine on my trip. Both came true.

On my state visit to Beijing, they took me to the Temple of Heaven, where emperors asked the sky for good harvests for five hundred years. I asked the sky for good weather on my trip. The next morning: sunshine. The sky and I have an understanding.

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  1. My Recipe for the World Porridge Championship Carrbridge, Scotland (The Village Hall) Food, Culture
  2. My To-Do List While My Message Flies to Voyager 1 Mission Control (My Kitchen Table) Space, Science
  3. My Menu Versus the Fat Bear Week Champion's Katmai, Alaska (Brooks Falls) Nature
  4. My Documentary About the Bird of the Year The Chatham Islands, New Zealand Nature
  5. My Method for a 500-Piece Jigsaw, in Stages Valladolid, Spain Culture, Sports
  6. My Texts, Ready for the Nine New Emoji My Phone (Waiting for an Update) Tech, Culture
  7. Announcing the Donny Space Program Launch Pad One (My Backyard) Space, Tech
  8. My Secret Stone Skimming Technique Easdale, Scotland (The Old Slate Quarry) Sports, Nature
  9. I Judged the World's Biggest Cookie in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina (The Judges' Table) Food, Travel
  10. I Tried to Toss the Caber at the Highland Games Braemar, Scotland (The Highland Games) Royalty, Sports
  11. My Paper Airplane for the Ig Nobel Prizes Zürich, Switzerland (Airplane Zone) Science
  12. I Commentated My Own Bog Snorkelling Race Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales (The Bog) Sports, Nature
  13. My Air Guitar Solo in Finland, With Liner Notes Oulu, Finland (A Stage Over the Water) Culture
  14. I Renamed a Great Lake. Half of It Is Still Deciding. Lake America (Formerly Lake Ontario) Nature, Diplomacy
  15. I Took the Presidential Fitness Test and Graded It Myself A School Gym (The Good Side) Sports
  16. My Plan for La Tomatina, and What Happened Buñol, Spain (Covered in Tomato) Food, Travel
  17. My Announcements at the London Zoo Weigh-In London, England (The Zoo Scales) Nature, Science
  18. My Entries for Every Best Joke Prize at the Fringe Edinburgh, Scotland (The Fringe) Culture
  19. The Day I Turned Off the Sun Over Spain León, Spain (Front Row) Space, Science, Travel
  20. In Ireland, a Goat Was Crowned King. I Have Notes. Killorglin, Ireland (Below the Goat) Royalty, Nature
  21. Why My House Should Be a World Heritage Site Busan, South Korea Culture, History
  22. Little Donny's Guide to Queuing, From the Back London, England (The Back of the Queue) Travel, Culture
  23. I Went to the Commonwealth Games. My Wealth Is Not Common. Glasgow, Scotland (Indoors) Sports, Travel
  24. I Held the World Cup Trophy First, Just to Check It East Rutherford, New Jersey (Center of the Field) Sports

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"I don't just travel. I improve. Every place I visit becomes a better place. It's not intentional—it just happens. Like gravity. Or winning. I show up, things get better. It's a gift. A tremendous gift that I share with the world."

— Little Donny, World Traveler