Ambia Staley

From Wales' first National Landscape at Rhossili Bay to Komodo's wild dragons and Monument Valley's sacred Navajo sandstone mesas

From United's 1,000-plus worldwide lounges to Southwest's best-in-class reliability and fares under $600, the best airlines for business travelers

From Angkor Wat's dawn reflection in a still pond to Fairbanks where northern lights overlap with a pink arctic sunrise over the snow

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From Moalboal's year-round sardine tornado off Cebu's shore to Egypt's Abu Dabbab Bay where dugongs graze on seagrass beds beneath the surface

From Busan's K-pop culture and rainbow hilltop village to Mongolia's Altai Mountains where nomads herd livestock across routes unchanged for centuries

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Prepare for Japan with practical tips on etiquette, seasons, packing, technology, weather, and everyday customs before your visit

From ancient Pompeii's pizza-precursor fresco to Orvieto's Gothic cathedral perched on a cliff above Etruscan caves carved from soft tuff

From Nadagogo's sake breweries that supplied 80% of Edo's rice wine to Sannomiya's jazz clubs where Japan's first jazz band debuted in 1923

From Mackinac Island's horse-drawn carriages and century-old car ban to Halibut Cove's 90-resident Alaskan fishing village reachable only by ferry

From a Hyundai Ioniq 9 with a perfect safety score and 300 miles of range to a Chevrolet Suburban with 41 cubic feet of cargo space

From Bromo's predawn crater rim above Java's lunar Sand Sea to a three-day klotok river trip past Borneo orangutans in Tanjung Puting

From Crater Lake's 144-foot clarity record to Michigan's Torch Lake, where limestone turns the water Caribbean turquoise

From October Algarve hotels at 75% off summer rates to a galão and pastel de nata for under 5 Euro at any neighborhood snack bar

From Yosemite's Clouds Rest summit rising 1,000 feet above Half Dome to Zion's Narrows where canyon walls press 20 feet apart above chest-deep water

From 96 daily gorilla permits in Volcanoes National Park to Akagera's lions and rhinos reintroduced after poaching wiped them out

From chili crab's sweet-spicy orange gravy mopped up with mantou buns to an ice cream sandwich melting fast in a vendor's hand on Orchard Road

From Rotterdam's market hall ceiling painted with giant fruit to Delft's Royal Delft pottery works operating without interruption since 1653

From the Forbidden City's 500 years of imperial seclusion to Yangshuo's 900 rock-climbing routes above karst peaks along the Li River

From Aomori's cherry-blossom castle park and paper-lantern festival floats to a quiet coastal island where Mt Fuji appears on clear days

From Queenstown's bungee jumps and ski fields to the Bay of Islands' Waitangi Treaty Grounds and waka tours with Māori guides

From Jade Mountain's open-wall sanctuaries watching sunrise over St. Lucia's Pitons to a Bali-inspired Curaçao resort hand-built by its owners

From Hana-Maui Resort's clock-free oceanfront bungalows to Grand Wailea's nine pools, seven waterslides, and Hawaii's largest spa