Visit Alofi

Limestone arches over hidden pools.

Walk through a forest of razor coral pinnacles to a ladder that drops into a hidden sandy oasis with palm trees between the cliffs.

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.

Highland Sulawesi region of boat-shaped tongkonan houses and cliff graves, where funerals last for days and draw the whole village.

Car-free village of canals, thatched farmhouses and punted boats.

Cemetery of brightly painted crosses telling each villager’s life in verse.

"Venice of Africa" — a whole town on stilts in Lake Nokoue.

Six hundred traditional hanok houses on a hill between two palaces, still lived in, with Seoul’s towers behind the tiled roofs.