Historic sites
Badshahi Mosque and Lahore Fort
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
One of the largest mosques in the world, built in red sandstone by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1673, facing the Lahore Fort across a square.
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Chobe National Park
Chobe, Botswana
A park with one of the largest elephant populations in Africa.
Historic sites
Palace of Versailles
Versailles, Yvelines, France
The vast palace of Louis XIV, the 'Sun King', and the seat of the French court until the Revolution.
Natural features
Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Central and Western, Hong Kong
The highest point of Hong Kong Island, with the classic view over the skyscrapers of Central, Victoria Harbour and Kowloon.
Natural features
Iguaçu Falls (Brazilian side)
Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
One of the world's great waterfalls, about 275 drops along nearly 3 km on the Brazil-Argentina border, a UNESCO site.
Historic sites
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden
Ripon, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
The largest monastic ruin in England, a Cistercian abbey founded in 1132 and closed by Henry VIII, set in a wooded valley beside the River Skell.
Natural features
Mount Yasur volcano, Vanuatu
Isangel, Tafea, Vanuatu
One of the most accessible active volcanoes in the world, on Tanna Island, where you stand on the crater rim at dusk and watch lava bombs explode.
Natural features
Anavilhanas Archipelago, Rio Negro
Amazonas, Brazil
One of the largest river archipelagos in the world, with around 400 forested islands in the dark waters of the Rio Negro, protected as a national park.
Attractions
MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Hobart
Berriedale, Tasmania, Australia
Australia's most talked-about museum, created by gambler and collector David Walsh and carved into a sandstone cliff beside the Derwent River.
Walks and treks
Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez
Sangatte, Pas-de-Calais, France
Two great headlands on the Opal Coast facing England across the narrowest part of the Channel: the white chalk cliffs of Blanc-Nez and the grey rocks…
Natural features
Grand Canyon South Rim
Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States of America
One of the world's great natural wonders, a canyon 1.6 km deep and up to 29 km wide, carved by the Colorado River.
Walks and treks
Hooker Valley Track, Aoraki/Mount Cook
Canterbury, New Zealand
An easy 10 km return walk over three swing bridges to Hooker Lake, with icebergs and a view of Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain, 3,7…