Visit Pyongyang

Vast synchronised stadium spectacle.

Visit Zalipie, a village in southern Poland known as the 'Painted Village' for its tradition of decorating houses with colorful floral motifs. See the House of the Women Painters (Dom Malarek), a museum showcasing the art and history of the custom, admire the painted church of St. Joseph, and explore the annual Painted Cottage Competition held in June, where residents compete for the most beautiful decorations.

A whole town of trulli — conical drystone houses found nowhere else, white and strange in the Puglian sun

Abandoned flying-saucer monument on a Balkan mountaintop.

Berlin's neoclassical symbol of reunification.

Visit Å, a tiny fishing village in Norway's Lofoten archipelago. See the iconic red fishermen's cabins (rorbuer) on stilts over the water, hike to the nearby Møysalen National Park for dramatic mountain and fjord views, and explore the Norwegian Fishing Village Museum to learn about traditional cod fishing and stockfish production that sustained the region for centuries.

Visit Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, a village on the island of Anglesey in Wales, known for its long name meaning 'St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave'. See the railway station sign with the full name (one of the longest place names in the world), explore the nearby Marquess of Anglesey's Column (a 27m monument with views), and visit St Mary's Church (a historic site dating back to the 15th century).

The "Florence of the South" — honey-coloured Baroque churches carved from soft Lecce stone