Here are the answers to the steps in the riddle:
regenerative medicine
gifs
halit dogan
click the hidden z's
athens
above
its a qr code made of 7s
hyphens
11
grise fjord
find it in the "special area" and search for Ethiopia and it'll be a nearby link
sfigdaffodils
gyrfalcon
waxed-weathered-copper-golem-statue
cabo verde
gateway arch
odesa
rwanda
4DcJWAv2yC
win a game of 20 questions
urbilaterian
aibohpoiladepiuqsesortsnomotopoppih
Logophoricity
Evelyn Quan Wang
calgary