Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco, Venice’s famous landmark, is delightfully quiet in the early morning.

Canal St-Martin

The serene Canal St-Martin stretches three miles (4.8 kilometers) 

from the Seine to Parc de la Villette in the tenth district.

Photograph by John Kernick

Emperor Penguins

Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Photograph by Anna Possberg Anneliese

Irish Castle

A weather-beaten gate invites curious passersby to explore an equally weathered castle on Ireland's west coast. The country is home to countless castles, most of which once served as strongholds for warring chieftains.

 

Photograph by Gina Martin

Church of the Good Shepherd, South Island

An old stone church sits among the placid grasses of New Zealand's South Island,

a land known for its wide expanses of untouched land and vast farming outlets.

Aotearoa, or "the long white cloud," was the first name given to New Zealand when the Maoris arrived on its inlet shores centuries before European explorers sailed through the Pacific waters. Within the compact island nation there are alps to rival Switzerland’s, plains more fruitful than England’s, streams and rivers as laden with fish as Scotland’s,

fiords reminiscent of Norway’s, and beaches as alluring as California’s.


Photograph by Thomas Young

Subway Station, Tokyo

Tradition meets trend at a subway station in Tokyo. Japan’s young people pride themselves on having a unique, up-to-the-minute style, projecting an edge in a country steeped in custom and convention. The kimono remains a mainstay of traditional dress.

 Photograph by Victoria Lawrence

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Karakul Lake, China

 Located at nearly 12,000 feet elevation, Karakul Lake in Xinjiang province in western China is the perfect setting for a horseback trek and an overnight stay in a lake-side yurt.

  Photograph by Sue Anne Tay