Þingvellir: the first location of the world's oldest parlament in Iceland, with the Gullfoss waterfall.
Machu Picchu, Peru.
Potala Palace, The Dalai Lama winter residence until the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959.
The entrance to the last empress of China's summer palace. Beijing, China.
While his nomad subjects lived in tent yurts, a hundred years ago Bogd Khan's residence was this winter palace. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The Floating Palace. Udaipur, India.
Snowcapped peaks in the Karukinka Natural Park, Chile.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in winter.
Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego: The lighthouse at the End of the World.
The Lighthouse at another End of the World. Cape Agulhas, Africa's southernmost point.
The colourful Namib Desert, Namibia.
The construction of the 21,000-kilometer Great Wall of China, wide enough to let four horses pass simultaneously, was begun 2,700 years ago as protection from nomad invaders from the north.
The old fort overlooking Havana, Cuba.
Dead acacia trees in Deadvlei, Namibia, the only remnants after a river in the region dried up 500 years ago.
Nelson Mandela's daily view of Cape Town during 26 years. Robben Island, South Africa.
Ranthambhor National Park, India
Biarritz, France.
Barranca del Cobre, Mexico.
The Caribbean.
The road to the ghost town. Real de Catorce, Mexico.
Volcán de Agua. Antigua, Guatemala.
The Bosphorus Bridge, connecting Europe and Asia. Istanbul, Turkey.
Ainsworth Bay, Chile
The Ear of Dionysus cave, with its exceptional acoustics. Syracuse, Italy.
Kotor, Montenegro.
Grand Bazaar. Istanbul, Turkey.
Strandvägen, Stockholm, Sweden.
Saint Petersburg., Russia
The Roman amphitheatre in Syracuse. Sicily, Italy.
Night scene. Vancouver, Canada.
Night scene. Paris, France.
Night scene. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Night scene. New York, USA
Night scene Morelia, Michoacán.
The port of Alghero, Sardinia.
Biarritz, France.
Castello Aragonese. Otranto, Italy.
The sacred ceremony grounds of the Huichol indigenous people. Cerro Quemado, México.
Corsica in the distance beyond Capo Testa. Sardinia, Italy.
The Sahara desert, North Africa.
The peak of "Big Daddy": at some 325 meters the highest sand dune in the world, Sossusvlei, Namibia
Halong Bay, Viet Nam.
Orchha, India
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Flying against the fierce winds surrounding the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
India Gate at dusk, New Delhi, India.
A mudhouse town in Southern Morocco.
Asif Tidili, Morocco.
Venice, Italy.
La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom.
Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
A Roman Empire grain storage. Meknes, Morocco.
The floating city, Halong Bay, Viet Nam.
The Urubamba river as seen from the Machu Picchu fortress, Peru.
Murano, Italy.
Stockholm, Sweden.
Paris, France, in a golden glow.
The London Eye, London, United Kingdom.
A Chinese pavilion basking in its own reflection.
Room 19, Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
Room 3, Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
Room 7, Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
Room 11, Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
Room 18, Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
Room 14, Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
The perfectly round crater called Guatavita, Colombia, where the legend of El Dorado was created.
The Ice Hotel Bar in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
Room 21, Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
Paris, France at sunset.
Capo Testa. Sardinia, Italy.
The Namib Desert, Namibia.
The Mushroom Rocks, Creel, Mexico.
Rock formation, Borneo, Indonesia.
The Black Beach guarded by basalt rocks, Iceland.
Glacier at the end of a Greenland fjord.
The 12-angle rock with a perfect fit, Cusco, Peru
The 2,200-year-old Terracotta Army buried with the first emperor of China. Xian, China.
Mont St. Michel, France.
The Pía Glacier, Chile.
Animals looking for shade in the Namib Desert, Namibia.
Barranca del Cobre, Mexico.
Evita Peron's mausoleum, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mykines, the most westward of the Faroe Islands
The cathedral in Zipaquirá, Colombia, hewn out inside a salt mine.
The world's southernmost city: Ushuaia, Argentina.
Chez La Mère Poulard, Mont St Michel, France.
Namib Desert landscape, Namibia.
Old-fashioned store, Mexico.
Roof in the Imperial Forbidden City. Beijing, China.
Barrels of liquor stacked underground in Tequila, Mexico.
Typical offerings in Bastia, Corsica.
Moonlit Greek temples near Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.
Peaceful (?) welcome sign upon entering de medieval city St. Paul-de-Vence, France.