The commercial and cultural center for the Ruhr region on the Rhine River, Duseldorff is also the site of the Felderhof Cave where Neanderthal man was found in 1856.

Visit the ancient city of Memphis and take in the wonders of the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80-ton Alabaster Sphinx.

Novi Sad, Serbia’s second-largest city, sits along the banks of the Danube River and has long served as a cultural meeting point in the Balkans. Its centerpiece is Petrovaradin Fortress, a massive 18th-century stronghold nicknamed the "Gibraltar on the Danube." The fortress is known not just for its historic architecture but also for its network of underground tunnels and the iconic clock tower where the hands are reversed, meaning the large hand shows the hour.

High in the Khumbu region, Lobuche sits in a stark alpine setting along the trail toward Mount Everest. Surrounded by rocky terrain and glacial formations, the village stands close to the Khumbu Glacier, where the landscape shifts into shades of gray, white, and deep blue. The air here is thin and crisp, and the silence is often broken only by the wind moving across the valley.

The former Netherlands Antilles was a group of Caribbean islands once unified under Dutch administration, dissolved as a political entity in 2010.