Visit Lillehammer

Subtropical Black Sea beaches and the 2014 Winter Olympics venues in the Caucasus above.

The Olympic Museum on a hillside above Lake Geneva, with the Lavaux vineyard terraces next door.

A car-free village under the Matterhorn, with the highest cable car in Europe and year-round skiing.

The birthplace of winter tourism in 1864, two Winter Olympics and the Cresta Run.

The main Bulgarian ski resort under the Pirin mountains, with a stone old town and mehana taverns.

A Russian wooden mosque built by Dungans, the Sunday animal market and treks to Altyn-Arashan hot springs.

Temple Square, the Great Salt Lake and the greatest snow on Earth an hour up the canyons.

The lone tree in the lake, the Roys Peak hike and the quieter alternative to Queenstown.