Twin volcanic peaks, UNESCO-listed.
The oldest of San Marino’s three towers, an 11th-century fortress on Monte Titano with views to the Adriatic.
Twin landmark hills near Hargeisa.
Macau's iconic baroque church facade.
Restored Romanesque-Gothic castle above the Our river, one of the largest west of the Rhine, with a chairlift to the view.
Bernini's vast colonnaded piazza.
Wave-patterned UNESCO plaza.
Southern tip facing across to Africa.
The cape medieval sailors called the point of no return.
Ride to the summit of the Rock.
Ancient stone trilithon, "Pacific Stonehenge".
Giant hilltop statue of Christ.
Sandstone plateau fortress of King Moshoeshoe I, birthplace of the Basotho nation.
Futurist petrol station shaped like an aeroplane — icon of Asmara’s modernism.
Cross the harbour on a vintage ferry.
Ride to Hong Kong's famous summit view.
Giant seated Buddha on Lantau.
The Prince of Liechtenstein’s home on a crag above the capital — closed inside, but the hillside path gives the postcard view.
The largest church in the world, a marble replica of St Peter’s standing in the African bush.
The point where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria on its 6,650-km journey, plus grade-five white-water rafting.
Avenue of towering ancient baobabs.
Elegant seaside colonnade in Gagra.
Hill covered in thousands of crosses.
Stone marking where Livingstone and Stanley camped on Lake Tanganyika’s shore.
A claimed southernmost source of the Nile.
Giant golden Buddha gazing over the Thimphu valley, filled with 125,000 smaller ones.
Three 1979 spheres-on-spires on the seafront, with a revolving viewing deck 120 m above the Gulf.
Cliffside Paro Taktsang monastery hike.
The gold-covered national stupa of Laos, said to hold a relic of the Buddha, with a November lantern festival.
Soaring 1949 basilica with a green-tiled roof and pointed arches inspired by Congolese huts — Brazzaville's landmark.
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