Lukla, a mountain town perched at 2,860 meters in eastern Nepal, is best known as the gateway to the Everest region. The town is home to Tenzing-Hillary Airport, one of the world’s most thrilling landing strips, named after the legendary climbers who first reached Everest’s summit in 1953. The short, sloped runway hugs the mountain, offering a once-in-a-lifetime arrival that travelers remember long after their journey ends.

Riviera Maya is a stunning stretch of coastline on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. With spectacular destinations like Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum, the Riviera Maya coast is popular for its all-inclusive resorts.

Agafay, often called Morocco’s "stone desert," is located just 40 kilometers southwest of Marrakech, but the landscape feels like a different world. Unlike the golden dunes of the Sahara, Agafay stretches out in rolling hills of sand-colored rock and hard-packed earth. It offers the vastness of a desert experience without requiring a long journey from the city.

Dartmoor National Park sits in the heart of Devon, England, and invites travelers to step into a landscape that has changed little over thousands of years. Rolling moorland, deep river valleys, and more than 450 miles of paths give visitors space to explore at their own pace. Ancient stone rows, circular dwellings, and burial cairns spread across the moorland are reminders of people who lived here as far back as the Bronze Age.

Situated on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula between a mountain range and the sea is the small town of Grundarfjordur, Iceland. Though certainly now the most well-known town on the peninsula, its nearby mountain Kirkjufell ("church mountain" in Icelandic) is perhaps Iceland's most famous.