Paul Atreides on Arrakis: spice, sandworms and the most imitated world in science fiction.
Web-swinging through Manhattan done right; Insomniac's Peter Parker.
Rows of aliens that speed up as you kill them; the game that caused a coin shortage in Japan.
Four ghosts, a maze and 256 levels before the kill screen; the 1980 arcade icon.
The most beautiful painted tomb in Egypt, open to a handful of visitors a day at ten times the price.
Fifteen rocks in raked gravel, arranged so you can never see all fifteen at once.
Folded steel worked over three days by a licensed swordsmith; Japan still allows only a handful.
Fifth Avenue, the ferry to Cozumel and the reef diving of the Riviera Maya.
Hemingway's house, the sunset celebration at Mallory Square and the southernmost point of the mainland US.
Food carts, Powellโs bookshop, more breweries than any other city and the Columbia Gorge nearby.
Balboa Park, the zoo, La Jolla sea lions and the best year-round weather in the country.
Rice terraces and Hmong villages in the mountains near the Chinese border, under Fansipan.
The birthplace of bibimbap and a hanok village of 800 traditional houses to stay in.
The Great Buddha sitting in the open air, Zen temples and a surf beach, an hour from Tokyo.
Okinawa's capital: Shuri castle of the Ryukyu kings, Kokusai-dori and a food and drink culture of its own.
The black 'Crow Castle', the oldest surviving keep in Japan, at the gateway to the Northern Alps.
The gilded Toshogu shrine of the Tokugawa shoguns in a cedar forest, with the Kegon waterfall above.
Hot springs, a ropeway over sulphur vents and Mount Fuji across Lake Ashi, ninety minutes from Tokyo.
Kenroku-en, one of the three great gardens, a samurai district and geisha teahouses that escaped the war intact.
Japan's first capital: the Great Buddha of Todai-ji and 1,200 bowing deer in the park around it.
The fiery city of the Meuse: Montagne de Bueren's 374 steps, the Sunday Batte market and Liege waffles.
The world's greatest Renaissance church.
Monumental, tightly-controlled capital.
The Jordan riverbank where John baptised Jesus, with Byzantine churches and pilgrims wading in white robes.
Brussels' ornate guildhall square, UNESCO-listed.
Vietnamโs beach resort capital โ a long city beach, island snorkelling trips and Cham towers on the hill.
The Nguyen emperorsโ walled citadel and the royal tombs along the Perfume River, Vietnamโs answer to the Forbidden City.
Thirty-six guild streets of scooters, street kitchens and colonial shophouses around Hoan Kiem Lake.
Sail between Luxor and Aswan past temples.
The guardian lion of the Giza plateau.
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