Traditional wooden striped houses, Costa Nova do Prado, Aveiro, Portugal, Europe

Mont-Saint-Michel bay and Abbey, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Manche department, Normandy region, France, Europe

Picturesque 13th century Eilean Donan Castle on a tidal island by the Kyle of Loch Alsh, Eilean Donan, Dornie, Kyle of Loch Alsh, West Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The white and black sand beach and estuary at Talisker with Preshal More beyond, both SSSI locations for the Tertiary basalt lava geology and biological habitats, Talisker Bay, Carbost, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Old school bus, Resolute, Inuit hamlet, Cornwallis island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

View of Welome sign and signpost on Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited location on Earth, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean

Brightly coloured altar inside a church on Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited location on Earth, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean

El Misti volcano rising above the white city of Arequipa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arequipa, Peru, South America

Views signpost and the Trinity Church at Belingshausen Russian Research Station, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Puppy works by Jeff Koons, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain, Europe

Prambanan, 9th century Hindu temple, visitors taking pictures with smartphone, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

Old arched city gates entering the medina of Chefchaouen (The Blue City), Morocco

Abra Bay, Sao Lourenco peninsula, Madeira island, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Llanfair PG) (Llanfairpwll), one of world's longest place names, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

Mural, Rue Charlot, Paris, France

New Street W, Galway, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland

Room of Mirrors, LUMEN, Museum of Mountain Photography, Kronplatz (Plan de Corones), near Brunico (Bruneck), Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

White chalk cliffs in Sarakiniko, Milos island, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece

Bimmah Sinkhole (doline), near Tiwi, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

The Thousand Nights Camp in the Sharqiya Sands, formerly Wahiba Sands, desert region, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Bartolome Island with Pinnacle Rock, a volcanic plug, to the right, the location featured in the 2003 film Master and Commander, Galapagos islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Views of the Signpost just outside of Stanley, the capital and only true city in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, South America

Views of the old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia in the South Atlantic

San Esteban Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Highland Light (Cape Cod Light). The station was established in 1797, the present buildings date from 1857. At that time, the lighthouse was still 150m away from the 40m cliffs, but continuing erosion imperiled the location. At the end of the 20th century

Highland Light (Cape Cod Light). The station was established in 1797, the present buildings date from 1857. At that time, the lighthouse was still 150m away from the 40m cliffs, but continuing erosion imperiled the location. At the end of the 20th century

Highland Light (Cape Cod Light). The station was established in 1797, the present buildings date from 1857. At that time, the lighthouse was still 150m away from the 40m cliffs, but continuing erosion imperiled the location. At the end of the 20th century

Abstract view of a unique roof

Japan, Tokyo, Roppongi Hills, upward view of Mori Tower framed by glass and stone of lower structures.

Japan, Tokyo, Asakusa, Senso-ji Temple, Buddha statue.

Japan, Tokyo, Roppongi Hills, upward view of Mori Tower.

Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu, Downtown financial district of a tower with the blue sky reflecting on windows.

Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui K, A red sailed chinese junk boat passes in front of Hong Kong Island.