Adishi is a remote mountain village in Upper Svaneti, Georgia, situated at about 2,040 meters in the Adishchala valley of the Greater Caucasus. The settlement is known for its traditional stone houses, defensive Svan towers, medieval churches, and views toward the surrounding high peaks and Adishi Glacier. Its compact layout and isolated setting preserve the character of a historic Svan village.
Black Hills National Forest covers a mountainous island of forests in western South Dakota, surrounded by the open plains of the Great Plains. The landscape includes granite peaks, narrow canyons, ponderosa pine forests, lakes, streams, and rolling grasslands. The forest stretches across a large portion of the Black Hills and contains some of the highest elevations in the region.
Corpus Christi is a coastal city on the Gulf of Mexico in southern Texas, set along Corpus Christi Bay and separated from the open Gulf by Padre Island and Mustang Island. Its landscape includes broad beaches, tidal flats, coastal wetlands, and shallow bays that support a wide range of marine and bird life.
Repository of splendid Buddhist sculptures. Also visit the Longmen Grottoes, dating back more than 400 yeaers and renowned as one of the three great treasure houses of the legendary Chinese art of stone sculpture.