Jambiani is a coastal village on Zanzibar’s southeastern shore, facing the Indian Ocean along a long stretch of white sand and shallow turquoise water. The village extends along the coast between Paje and Makunduchi, with traditional homes, small guesthouses, fishing areas, and local businesses spread between the beach and inland fields.

Mulanje is a town in southern Malawi at the foot of Mount Mulanje, a large isolated massif that rises sharply above the surrounding tea-growing plains. The mountain is known locally as Mulanje Mountain and includes a series of granite peaks, forested slopes, valleys, streams, and waterfalls. Sapitwa, the highest summit, reaches about 3,002 meters and is the highest point in Malawi.

Alberobello in southern Italy’s Puglia region captures the imagination with its distinctive trulli houses. These structures were built using a dry-stone technique passed down over centuries, without mortar or cement, and their unique form comes from layer upon layer of limestone nestled from nearby fields. Alberobello’s trulli are so remarkable that in 1996 the historic center was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where more than 1,600 of these buildings still stand.

Qingdao, also Tsingtao or Ch'ing-tao, Shandong Province, eastern China. It is a major naval base, an industrial center, and a port on the Yellow Sea at the entrance to sheltered Jiaozhou Bay. The port, which rarely freezes over, serves the industrialized northern China Plain and was expanded in 1976 to include an oil terminal for large tankers on Huang Island. The leading manufactures of the city include textiles, railroad equipment, rubber goods, fertilizer, and chemicals.

Dana Point is a coastal city in Southern California, situated along the Pacific Ocean between Los Angeles and San Diego. The city is built around a prominent headland and natural harbor, with steep coastal bluffs overlooking beaches and sheltered waters. Dana Point Harbor forms the center of much of the community’s maritime activity, while nearby parks and coastal trails provide access to ocean views.