Santa Maria is a city on California’s Central Coast, located between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. The area is known for its agricultural industry, coastal access, and long connection to ranching culture.

Located on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, below California. La Paz is famous for its fishing.

Blanketed from end to end in luxuriant greenery and brightly colored flowers, this enchanted island is scalloped with beautiful beaches. There are sandy coves beside coral reefs, and alabaster cresents below tiny trails, leading to pretty waterfalls or plantation ruins. Best of all is the Main Ridge Rain Forest Trail, where jungle-thick ferns and giant bamboo grasses flourish under a canopy of foliage 60-feet high.

Over forty curative springs bring recuperative powers to visitors of this town, also known as "The pearl of European spas."

The Port of Stavanger is a popular stop on the route to the Norwegian Fjords, and boasts a first-rate assortment of museums and cultural events. Old Stavanger has Europe’s best preserved wooden house settlement.