Copenhagenโs 17th-century harbour of brightly painted townhouses, wooden ships and canal-side bars.
The Thai kingsโ glittering palace complex and the Emerald Buddha, all gold spires and mirrored mosaic.
The oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world, the Kingโs weekend home, with St Georgeโs Chapel and the State Apartments.
The 1843 amusement park that inspired Disneyland, with wooden roller coasters, lanterns and concerts in the heart of Copenhagen.
Istanbul's six-minareted mosque.
The Parthenon and its temples on the rock above Athens โ the birthplace of democracy, best climbed at opening time.
Climb 740 steps up the El Penol monolith for views over a maze of turquoise reservoir lakes.
Moscowโs historic heart: St Basilโs domes, the Kremlin walls and GUM.
The largest surviving Romanesque church in Europe, built for pilgrims on the road to Santiago and topped by a five-tier octagonal bell tower.
Norman Fosterโs glass dome spirals above the German parliament chamber, with a free 360ยฐ view over Berlin.
Beijing's vast imperial palace complex.
Calatravaโs concert hall with a 58-metre concrete wave curling over the roof โ Santa Cruzโs answer to the Sydney Opera House.
Gaudiโs dragon-backed house on Passeig de Gracia โ bone-like balconies, a scaled roof and not a straight line inside.
White basilica on the highest hill in Paris, with the artistsโ square of Place du Tertre and the whole city spread out below.
Berlin's neoclassical symbol of reunification.
71-metre Buddha carved into a river cliff in Sichuan โ the largest stone Buddha in the world.
Sikhism's radiant golden shrine.
Gaudiโs hillside park of mosaic dragons, twisted stone colonnades and a serpentine bench overlooking Barcelona.
Sacred red monolith at the desert heart.
Parisโs 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, reopened after the 2019 fire with its spire and oak roof rebuilt by hand.
Manhattanโs 340-hectare green heart โ rowboats on the lake, Bethesda Fountain, Strawberry Fields and skyline views from Belvedere Castle.
The road runs out at a cliff over the Barents Sea, the end of mainland Europe.
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