Elmina is a coastal town in southern Ghana, located along the Gulf of Guinea in the Central Region. The town is closely tied to the Atlantic fishing industry, with large numbers of brightly painted wooden canoes lining the shoreline each morning.

Russia attracts thousands of tourists each year who have a taste for cathedrals and monasteries, fine art, theater, museums, and the Russian culture in general.

Cape Coral is a large coastal city in Southwest Florida, occupying a peninsula between the Caloosahatchee River and Matlacha Pass. Its most distinctive feature is an extensive network of more than 400 miles of canals, many connecting with the Caloosahatchee River and Gulf waters. The city was developed as a planned waterfront community, with broad streets, residential neighborhoods, parks, and numerous properties along canals.

Ely, Minnesota, sits on the edge of the Superior National Forest in the state’s Northwoods, where boreal forest, rocky terrain, and interconnected lakes define the landscape. The community is best known as a major gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, which contains more than one million acres of protected forest and waterways along the Canadian border. Ely itself has a compact downtown with independent shops, galleries, restaurants, and outfitters serving wilderness travelers.

Bay of Fires is a coastal region on Tasmania’s north-east coast, extending from Binalong Bay in the south to larapuna/Eddystone Point in the north. It is recognized for white sandy beaches, clear blue water, and granite rocks marked by orange lichen. The Bay of Fires Conservation Area includes beaches, rocky headlands, coastal heath, dry forest, and sheltered bays