Ninh Binh, located about 100 kilometers south of Hanoi, offers a landscape shaped by limestone karsts, winding rivers, and flooded rice paddies. Often referred to as “Ha Long Bay on land,” the area is best explored by rowboat. At Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex, boat routes pass through caves, ancient pagodas, and valleys surrounded by towering cliffs. Local rowers often use their feet to paddle, an unusual technique that surprises many first-time visitors.

One of the world's highest plateaus (approximately 12,000 ft. above sea level). Home to the Potala Palace, former living quarters of the Dalai Lama. Visit one of Tibet's holiest shrines, the revered 7th century Jokhang Temple, where pilgrims come to prostrate themselves before the statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha, lavishly enthroned in silver and gold.

Pohnpei is the largest island in the Federated States of Micronesia and the administrative center of Pohnpei State. It lies in the western Pacific and is known for its mountainous interior, dense tropical vegetation, and high rainfall. The island is surrounded by a barrier reef and numerous small islets, creating a landscape of forested slopes, mangroves, rivers, and coastal waters.

Isabela Island is the largest of the Galapagos islands, on the western end of the archipelago. Shaped like a seahorse when viewed from above, Isabella is home to more wild tortoises than any other island, as well as a wide variety of other animal, bird and marine life.

Roussillon is a hilltop village in the Luberon of southeastern France, surrounded by some of the region’s richest ochre deposits. Its houses, walls, and narrow streets are colored by the same natural pigments found in the surrounding earth, ranging from pale yellow to deep red. The village stands within the Luberon Regional Natural Park, where wooded hills and agricultural land meet the ochre landscape.