Mountaintop fortress, UNESCO-listed.
Ancient rock fortress with frescoes.
Antigua's iconic yellow arch.
Renaissance castle built into the mouth of a cliff cave, with secret tunnels used by a robber knight.
Eerie avenue of ancient beech trees.
Three grand madrasas on one square.
Sacred rock outcrop over Abeokuta.
Where the Blue and White Nile meet.
A 725-metre monolith with a face-like pattern, on the road to Abuja and on the 100-naira note.
Sea stack on the Paphos coast where the goddess of love is said to have risen from the foam.
Memorial arch on the beach where enslaved people were forced onto ships.
Glide past Budapest's floodlit landmarks.
Vast Mughal-era mosque of red sandstone and marble domes.
One of the world’s largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.
Eighty-two white marble domes, the world’s largest hand-knotted carpet and reflective pools — Abu Dhabi’s masterpiece.
Neo-Gothic riverfront parliament, Budapest’s defining silhouette.
Flat-topped mountain over Cape Town.
The world’s largest choreographed fountain fires 150 metres into the air below the Burj Khalifa every half hour after dark.
Trio of flame-shaped skyscrapers that light up Baku’s skyline at night.
Ride to the top of the iconic tower.
The rocky headland where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, with baboons, ostriches and the Cape Point lighthouse.
The world’s longest teak footbridge, best at sunset near Mandalay.
Straddle both hemispheres at the equator monument outside Quito.
Gilded boulder balanced on a cliff edge, crowned by a small stupa.
19 historic windmills, UNESCO-listed.
Fairy-tale romantic castle above a town of thermal springs.
Fortress on Castle Rock holding the Scottish crown jewels and the one o’clock gun.
Storybook fortress on a rock island ringed by a river canyon.
Fortified mud-brick ksar on the old caravan route — a favourite film set for decades.
The storied southern tip of the Americas, where the oceans meet.
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