Atlantic City, New Jersey is more than bright casinos and lively boardwalk, it’s a coastal city with stories stretching back over 150 years. Once a fashionable 19th-century resort town, Atlantic City introduced the first boardwalk in the United States in 1870. Today, it remains the city’s centerpiece, stretching over 5 miles along the beach, lined with shops, arcades, and a mix of vintage charm and modern attractions.

Tan Chau, located in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, is most well-known for its exclusive silk production, using local materials such as dyes made from the mac nua (Diospyros mollis) fruit.

Florence (Firenze) is a compact city, but densely packed with spectacular art and architecture everywhere you look. The city center itself is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Liechtenstein is located in central Europe and is one of the smallest independent states in the world.

This Sicily harbor city is divided from Italy proper by the Strait of Messina. Visitors marvel at the Gothic, bell-towered Norman Messina Cathedral.