Alliance is a city in western Nebraska, located within the High Plains near the Pine Ridge and Sandhills regions. Its position along major rail routes helped establish it as a transportation and agricultural center, and rail activity remains an important part of its local identity.

Cape Winelands is a wine-producing region in South Africa’s Western Cape, centered on towns such as Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, and Paarl. Vineyards cover broad valleys beneath the Hottentots Holland, Simonsberg, and Drakenstein mountain ranges, creating a landscape where cultivated farmland meets rugged slopes. Stellenbosch is known for its historic town centre and concentration of wine estates, while Franschhoek has a strong connection to French Huguenot heritage.

Sognefjord stretches over 200 kilometers into Norway’s mountainous interior, making it the country’s longest and deepest fjord.

iSimangaliso Wetland Park stretches along the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast from Maphelane to the Mozambique border. It brings together beaches, coral reefs, coastal forests, dunes, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, grasslands, and savanna within one protected landscape. The park is South Africa’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site and includes several separate conservation areas linked by their ecological systems. Its name, iSimangaliso, is an isiZulu word associated with miracles and wonders.

Famous as the home of the Wright Brothers, it is an important industrial city and the fourth largest in the state of Ohio.