The largest covered bazaar in the world, a Blue Mosque and the carpet-weaving capital of Persia.
The Basilica of the Annunciation, the largest church in the Middle East, and an Arab old-town market.
The mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Timur's unfinished masterpiece and Kazakhstan's holiest site.
The surfing town of the west coast since the 1968 world championships, with winter whales.
Geisha coffee farms, the Quetzal trail and the Baru volcano where you can see both oceans.
Jellybean row houses, Signal Hill where Marconi received the first transatlantic signal, and icebergs in June.
A silver-mining city of pink cantera stone with a cable car over the centre and a mine to walk through.
Hegra, the Nabataean tombs of the southern Petra, and the Elephant Rock in a desert of sandstone.
Afro-Caribbean reggae, coconut rice and the Salsa Brava wave on the Caribbean coast.
The live-music capital: SXSW, bats under the Congress bridge and breakfast tacos.
Hemingway's house, the sunset celebration at Mallory Square and the southernmost point of the mainland US.
Bamboo rafting on the Rio Grande, the Blue Lagoon and the jerk pits of Boston Bay.
Graceland, Sun Studio where Elvis recorded, Beale Street blues and the Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel.
The Garden City oasis, camel market and Jebel Hafeet, the UAE's only UNESCO site.
The cloud forest reserve, resplendent quetzals and the first canopy ziplines.
Wooden Caribbean houses on stilts, starfish beach and the boats to the Bocas del Toro islands.
Adobe architecture, the Georgia O’Keeffe museum and the oldest state capital, at 2,100 metres.
A cobbled old town on Banderas Bay, humpback whales in winter and the Malecon at sunset.
Food carts, Powell’s bookshop, more breweries than any other city and the Columbia Gorge nearby.
A pastel walled city built against pirates, the quietest colonial capital in the Yucatan.
A whitewashed colonial port between the rainforest and the sea, with schooner trips to the islands.
The Arch at Land's End where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez, sport fishing and whale sharks.
The Inner Harbor, Fort McHenry where the anthem was written and Chesapeake blue crabs.
A cathedral lit up every Saturday, an aqueduct and the monarch butterfly forests two hours away.
The Arenal volcano, hot springs and hanging bridges through the rainforest.
Thirteen baroque churches of the gold rush on steep cobbled hills, with Aleijadinho’s sculptures.
The Prophet's Mosque with its green dome, the second holiest city of Islam.
Walt Disney World, Universal and the theme-park capital of the world.
Temple Square, the Great Salt Lake and the greatest snow on Earth an hour up the canyons.
Fifth Avenue, the ferry to Cozumel and the reef diving of the Riviera Maya.
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