11 sights you can only see in 2016

Every year, the beautiful monarch butterflies migrate south. But this year, more than three times as many butterflies are expected to make the trip. They will travel to Mexico from Canada and the United States.

The Tsukiji Fish Market has always been held in Tokyo. But after 81 years, the world’s largest wholesale fish and seafood market will move in March to Toyosu.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. To celebrate and commemorate the Bard, King’s College London will hold a program of performances, screenings, concerts and exhibitions that will run throughout the year.

On May 9, a transit of Mercury across the sun will take place. The celestial event can best be viewed from western Morocco, the Canary Islands and Chile’s Atacama desert. The last time it occurred was in 2006.

The National Blues Museum will open in April in St. Louis. The museum’s interactive technology and artifact-driven exhibits, theater and more will help tell the story of the most soulful genre of music.

Soccer fans can take in the Copa America Centenario, the centennial edition of the South American tournament, in June. This year also marks the first time the event will be held in the U.S. Sixteen teams will play in 10 venues all over the country including cities such as Boston and San Francisco. In this photo, Panama’s Blas Perez, left, and Cuba’s goalkeeper Sandy Sanchez, right, fight for the ball during a qualifying soccer playoff ahead of the Copa America Centenario in Panama City on Jan. 8, 2016. Panama won 3-0.

Seventy-five years ago on Dec. 7, history was made at Pearl Harbor. To mark this special anniversary, the National WWII Museum has a weeklong series of events scheduled from Dec. 1 to 8 in Hawaii. You can book a pre-planned trip for about $9,000, which includes a four-part symposium led by historians and special access to the ceremony at the USS Arizona commemorating the attacks. More at pearl75.org.

In Monterey County, Calif., sits a little beach town called Carmel-by-the-Sea. It will celebrate 100 years this year with a year of events and celebrations, including Monterey Symphony concerts, art festivals, winemakers’ celebrations, historical exhibits, lectures and more. To finish it all off, a parade will be held Oct. 29.

This year only Country Walkers Safaris will offer a nine-day journey in Namibia to help preserve Africa’s wildlife. The trip will focus on conservation of the region’s most well-known species, the Namibian giraffe.