Muscat Gate, entrance to the city, Muscat, Oman, Middle East

St Josephs Church (the East Church), built in 1655 during the reign of Shunzhi illuminated on Wanfujing Shopping Street, Beijing, China, Asia

St Josephs Church (the East Church) built in 1655 during the reign of Shunzhi illuminated on Wanfujing Shopping Street, Beijing, China, Asia

View of Torii gate, colourful shops and buildings in Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

View of Kaminarimon, colourful shops and buildings, Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Colonnaded Street and Temenos Gateway, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Temenos Gateway, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Lamu Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, island of Lamu, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Entrance to the Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, Middle East

City gate of Najaf, Iraq, Middle East

East Gate Street at Christmas, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

East Gate Street at Christmas, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of Old City wall from Jaffa Gate, Old City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Entrance to Souk Khan al-Zeit Street in Old City, Old City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Torii gates at Fushimi Inari-Taisha sanctuary,Kyoto, Japan

Local residents dressed in traditional clothes at the entrance gate to Souq Muttrah markets, Muscat, Oman, the Near East

Themenos Gate, colonnaded street, Petra, the capital city of the Nabataeans, rock city, UNESCO World Hertage Site, Wadi Musa, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Orient, Middle East, Asia

Exit, North Sea Car Museum, Norden, Aurich district, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Triumphal Arch of the Sergii at night in Pula, Croatia, Europe

Unification arch at the entrance of Pyongjang, North Korea, East Asia

Gate of a farm at the DN 2E, Cornu Luncii, Romania, Europe

Colonnaded street, Themenos Gate, Petra, the capital city of the Nabataeans, rock city, UNESCO World Hertage Site, Wadi Musa, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Orient, Middle East, Asia

Tower and town gate in the historic centre of &esk˝ Krumlov, Czech Republic, Europe

View through the castle gate, Ballenstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Road sign at Jaffa Gate, Jaffa Gate, by the entrance of old town Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East, the Orient

Nikolaitor, historical city gate, Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

The Hyde Street Pier, at 2905 Hyde Street, is a historic ferry pier located on the northern waterfront of San Francisco, California, amidst the tourist zone of Fishermans Wharf. Prior to the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, it was the principal automobile ferry terminal connecting San Francisco with Marin County by way of Sausalito to the north, and the East Bay by way of Berkeley.

Millennium Gate and bus on East Pender Street, Chinatown, Vancouver, British Columbia