Colmar is a city in Alsace, northeastern France, situated between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine plain. Its historic centre is known for canals, narrow streets, colourful timber-framed houses, and buildings with carved details that reflect the region's Germanic and French influences. The Lauch River passes through the district known as Little Venice, while the covered market, old customs house, and former merchant houses add to the architectural variety.

An Eastern city of Turkey, known in ancient times as Amida, spreads across a basalt plateau close to the banks of the Dicle River. The black basalt triple walls which encircle the old town give the city a rather ominous appearance.

Tomar sits on the Nabão River in central Portugal as a place where medieval history and everyday life meet in welcoming streets and grand monuments. Just outside the convent walls lies the Pegões Aqueduct, an impressive feat of engineering more than 6 kilometers long that once carried water from distant springs to the hilltop site. Some sections of its arches rise more than 30 meters above the valley floor, making it a striking backdrop for photos.

The continent lying mainly within the Antarctic Cirle with the South Pole approximately at its center. The Antarctic Treaty of 1959, signed by 12 countries prohibits military activities and promotes the exchange of scientific information.

Bella Vista is a planned community in northwestern Arkansas, set among the wooded hills of the Ozark Mountains near the Missouri border. Its landscape includes steep valleys, limestone outcrops, clear lakes, and extensive forest, giving the area a distinct character within Benton County. Bella Vista began as a summer resort and later developed into a year-round residential community, with several neighborhoods spread across the hills rather than concentrated around a traditional downtown.