Kobe, Japan is a beautiful port city renowned for its historic shrines, botanical gardens, hot springs, and marbled Kobe beef. Highlights of this Japanese retreat include Ikuta Shrine, thought to be one of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, Kobe Nunobiki Herb Botanical Gardens, Mount Rokkō, and Arima Onsen, a popular hot springs resort surrounded by Japanese maple trees.

A nice stop on your Scottish tour for the perfect golf game or bed and breakfast. Set in magnificent scenery, it is the perfect base for touring the surrounding town of Balmoral, and the Muir of Dunnet Nature Reserve.

San Nicolas, known as Aruba’s “Sunrise City,” offers a completely different vibe from the island’s resort-heavy northwest coast. Located at the southeastern tip, this former oil refinery town has reinvented itself as the cultural heart of Aruba, filled with vibrant street art, local galleries, and a strong sense of community.

Pattaya is a coastal city in Chon Buri Province on Thailand's eastern Gulf coast, within easy reach of Bangkok. It developed from a small fishing community into a major seaside urban center, and today its landscape includes beaches, a busy waterfront, hotels, shopping areas, residential neighborhoods, and entertainment districts. Pattaya Beach forms the central shoreline, while Jomtien Beach extends south of the city and provides a more spacious coastal setting.

On the Canadian border where Lake Huron and Lake Superior meet, a canal built in 1895 still is used to have boats bypass the rapids of the St. Mary's river.