St Kilda is a remote volcanic archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, far west of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. The group consists of Hirta, Dun, Soay, and Boreray, along with numerous sea stacks and smaller formations. Hirta is the largest island and contains the remains of the former settlement around Village Bay. No permanent civilian population lives on St Kilda today, although conservation workers, researchers, and Ministry of Defence personnel occupy Hirta at various times.

Baucau is Timor-Leste's second-largest city, located on the country's north coast on a plateau above the Ombai Strait. The city is surrounded by limestone hills, agricultural land, and tropical vegetation, with a cooler climate than the low-lying coastal plain below. Baucau is divided broadly into the older Vila Nova area and the historic Vila Velha, where colonial-era buildings, churches, and public spaces remain.

Solitaire is a small settlement in central Namibia, positioned where routes from Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Sesriem, and the Namib-Naukluft region meet. Its isolated location among gravel plains, rocky hills, and dry river valleys makes it a practical stopping point on journeys through the Namib Desert.

Paphos is a coastal city in southwestern Cyprus, combining a working harbor, Mediterranean beaches, historic neighborhoods, and one of the island's most important archaeological landscapes. The city is closely associated with Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess whose cult was centered in the Paphos region.

Dakar, the lively capital of Senegal, stands at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean on the Cape Verde Peninsula. As the westernmost city on the African mainland, it has long been a crossroads of cultures, trade, and ideas.