| pagodas | THE the Shwe Dagon Pagoda |
| rivers | THE the Amazon River |
| individual mountains | NO ARTICLE Mount St. Helens |
| churches | NO ARTICLE Notre Dame Cathedral |
| parks | NO ARTICLE Central Park |
| archipelagos | THE the Aleutian Islands |
| oceans, seas | THE the Pacific |
| coasts | THE the East Coast |
| deserts | THE the Mojave Desert |
| public squares | NO ARTICLE Trafalgar Square |
| canyons | NO ARTICLE Fish River Canyon |
| mountain chains | THE The Rocky Mountains |
| bridges | THE the Golden Gate Bridge |
| individual islands | NO ARTICLE Manhattan |
| waterfalls | NO ARTICLE Angel Falls |
| Sun, Moon | THE the Sun |
| theaters | THE the Old Globe |
| institutes | THE the Salk Institute |
| people's names | NO ARTICLE John |
| universities, colleges | NO ARTICLE Oxford University |
| languages | NO ARTICLE Japanese |
| geographic regions | THE the South |
| skyscrapers | THE the Empire State Building |
| months | NO ARTICLE July |
| museums | THE the Louvre |
| religions | NO ARTICLE Hinduism |
| beaches | NO ARTICLE Bondi Beach |
| extraordinary works of art | THE the Mona Lisa |
| days | NO ARTICLE Tuesday |
| individual lakes | NO ARTICLE Lake Victoria |
| collections of lakes | THE the Great Lakes |
| streets | NO ARTICLE 5th Avenue |
| hotels | THE the Ritz Carlton |
| swamps | THE the Okefenokee Swamp |
| hospitals | NO ARTICLE Massachusetts General Hospital |
| stadiums | NO ARTICLE Yankee Stadium |
| malls | NO ARTICLE Tokyo Midtown Mall |
| temples | NO ARTICLE Angkor Wat |
| references on globe | THE the North Pole |
| holidays | NO ARTICLE Christmas |