Attend Fête du Vodoun (Voodoo Festival) in Benin

The Caribbean's biggest carnival.

Second only to Rio: weeks of sequinned parades, the election of the Carnival Queen and street parties that run until dawn.

Watch Cusco resurrect the Inca Festival of the Sun — a full-day solstice spectacle at Sacsayhuamán

Visit the Sagrada Família, Antoni Gaudí's unfinished basilica in Barcelona. Marvel at its intricate facades (Nativity, Passion, Glory) and the towering interior inspired by nature. Construction began in 1882 and is expected to be completed by 2026.

Endless vermilion torii gates in Kyoto.

Lonely 14th-century church beneath Mount Kazbek — Georgia’s most photographed view.

Sikhism's radiant golden shrine.

Paris’s 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, reopened after the 2019 fire with its spire and oak roof rebuilt by hand.