Berat, set along the Osum River in central Albania, is a city shaped by centuries of continuity and coexistence. Known as the City of a Thousand Windows, its white Ottoman-era houses climb the hillside toward a hilltop fortress, creating a striking and harmonious skyline.

Asilah is a small coastal town on Morocco’s Atlantic shore, south of Tangier, known for its whitewashed buildings, fortified medina, and position beside the sea. Its historic walls run along the coastline, with sections overlooking rocky cliffs and the Atlantic. The town has a quieter character than larger northern Moroccan cities, while its narrow streets, painted façades, and waterfront setting give it a distinctive appearance.

Vieques Island is found in the northeastern Caribbean, roughly 8 miles east of the Puerto Rican mainland. Its beaches are commonly acknowledged as some of the Caribbean's best. The Bioluminescent Bay is especially alluring given the undeveloped nature of the island.

The skyline of Erfurt is shaped by dozens of churches, monasteries, and convents thrusting their pointed steeples upward to the sky. In the Middle Ages, Erfurt was known as "Thuringian Rome" because of its religious orders. The impressive twin churches on the Domberg (Cathedral Hill), the Roman Catholic St. Mary's Cathedral (14th century) and the Roman Catholic Parish church St. Severus with a flight of 70 outdoor steps leading from the Cathedral Square up the hill to the churches.

Hunter Valley in New South Wales is one of Australia’s oldest and most celebrated wine regions, shaped by European settlement in the early 1800s.