Bonaire

Bonaire, one of the so-called “ABC Islands” (along with Aruba and Curaçao), is located about 50 miles off the coast …

Château d’If

The Château d’If is a fortress and former prison located on the Île d’If (“island of yew”) about 7⁄8 mile …

Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises is an American-British cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation. It was founded in 1965, is incorporated in Bermuda, and is headquartered in Santa Clarita, California. As of 2018, …

The Best of CHINA: The East

Over 1000 years ago, Eastern China was the main terminus of the Maritime Silk Road, trading extensively with Japan, Korea, Southeast …

Erhai Lake

Erhai Lake, located in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province, is one of the most beautiful lakes in the country. As an alpine …

Fort Saint-Louis (Martinique)

The modern-day Fort Saint-Louis, which stands on a rocky peninsula at the edge of Fort-de-France Bay in the French overseas territory of Martinique, …

Memories of the Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, popularly referred to as just the Bay Area, is frequently defined as including the nine …

The Mediterranean, Part 6: Tyrrhenian Sea

The Tyrrhenian Sea is the part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy, named for the Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans, who settled …

St. Simons Island, Part 1: Avenue of the Oaks

The famous Avenue of Oaks on St. Simons Island in the U.S. state of Georgia, now highlighting the entrance to …

Kansai Int’l Airport (KIX)

Kansai International Airport is the primary international airport of the Japanese cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. The airport sits on an artificial island located off …

The Mediterranean, Part 1: Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is a large elongated bay of the Mediterranean, located between Europe’s Balkan Peninsula to the west and Asia’s Anatolia Peninsula to the east. It is about 83,000 …

Pacific Ocean

Although the Pacific Ocean is by far the largest of the world’s five oceans, covering an area greater than 63.7 …

George Town (Cayman Islands)

George Town, the capital city of the Cayman Islands, is located in the British West Indies, and with a population of just …

The Best of the WEST INDIES

Three major island “arcs” delineate the northern and eastern edges of the Caribbean Sea and make up what is known today as “The West …

Shamian Island

Shamian is a small sandbank island (literally “sandy surface” in Mandarin) located in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Measuring only 300 …

Sanibel and Captiva Islands

Historians believe that Sanibel and Captiva were formed as a single island around 6000 years ago due to centuries of …

Lake Mille Lacs

Mille Lacs is a large, shallow lake in Minnesota, located roughly 75 miles north of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It has a maximum …

Memories of SCOTLAND

Scotland, the 2nd-largest country in the United Kingdom, covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain and accounts …

Memories of GREECE

Greece (officially known as the Hellenic Republic, or simply Hellas) is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa in Southeastern Europe. It …

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island, located 1.25 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay, derives its name from the Arabic word al-ġaţţās, meaning “the diver”. …

Hunan Martyrs’ Park

Hunan Martyrs’ Park is the largest park in Changsha, the capital of China’s Hunan Province, covering an area of around 343 acres, almost …

Dominican Flag

The flag of the Caribbean island of Dominica was adopted in November 1978. It consists of a grass green field …

Beihai Park

First built in the 11th century, Beihai Park is a former imperial garden located in the northwestern part of the Imperial …

Grenadian Flag

The flag of Grenada was adopted in 1974, after gaining independence from the United Kingdom. The design is framed by …

Fisherman’s Wharf/Pier 39

The Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood of San Francisco is a popular tourist attraction which roughly encompasses the city’s northern waterfront area between Ghirardelli Square (Van Ness Avenue) …

Antiguan Flag

The flag of Antigua and Barbuda was adopted in 1967 when these two Caribbean islands became independent from Britain. The …

The Best of SOUTH KOREA

The country of South Korea derives its name from Goguryeo (Koryŏ), one of the great historical powers of East Asia, which ruled most …

St. Kittian Flag

The current flag of the Caribbean archipelago of St. Kitts and Nevis, in use since 1983, is composed of a …

Curaçaoan Flag

After Aruba adopted its own flag while still part of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao also received approval for its own flag in 1979. …

Xuanwu Lake Park

Xuanwu Lake Park, located in the central-northeastern part of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, is designated a “National Grade AAAA Attraction”. Five small islands within the lake, …

Aruban Flag

Adopted in 1976, and designed in part by vexillologist Whitney Smith (who originated the term in reference to “the study of …