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📍 Willemstad, Curaçao | Photo by: Jeffrey Czum

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"After sailing two and a half hours southeast from the old Dutch outpost of Curaçao, you’ll encounter this coral pink lighthouse on the uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao (Little Curaçao). Sail closer over the bright Caribbean waters, and an eerie scene will unfold before you. Multiple shipwrecks become apparent, and the desert that is Klein Curaçao comes into full view. The small island, just over half a square mile, reveals ruins of stone buildings as well as a sizable burial ground."

📍 Causeway Bay, Hong Kong | Photo by: Rex Wong

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"Built on the site of a former typhoon shelter, Victoria Park is an oasis of calm in the midst of Hong Kong’s frenetic Causeway Bay neighborhood. Located within the park, the beautiful turquoise of Center Court hosted the Salem Tennis Open, sponsored by Winston-Salem, until the city’s 1999 ban on tobacco advertising."

📍 Bombay Beach, California | Photo by: Devon Carlson

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"Created by an irrigation accident in 1905, Salton Sea was California’s largest man-made lake. Today, the abandoned town may look apocalyptic to some, but to others, it’s an artist’s paradise. Located at the southern tip of California, Bombay Beach was once a vibrant community on the Salton Sea. The town’s golden era occurred through the 1950s-1960s, becoming a haven for fishing, boating, and lazy days for hard working Angelenos along with celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and even the Beach Boys frequenting resorts around that time."

📍 Istanbul, Turkey | Photo by: Evynne Doue

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"Without the cat, Istanbul would lose a part of its soul,” claim residents of this ancient metropolis. With a foot in both Asia and Europe, the city that shares two continents also shares its space with hundreds of thousands of four-legged felines."

📍 Borovets, Bulgaria | Photo by: Brandon Few

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“Once a remote summer retreat for royals, Bulgaria’s Rila Mountains slowly transformed into a winter recreation haven, thanks to the advent of skiing as a global sport. By the 1930s, the alpine wonderland really took off, ultimately becoming one of Europe’s earliest ski resorts…though in the early days, obtaining skis was no easy feat.”

📍 Newquay, United Kingdom | Photo by: Nicola Robey

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"Cornwall’s north coast has been Britain’s surf capital since four Australian lifeguards rolled into Newquay in 1962 with fibreglass boards and forever changed the town. Sixty-three years later, a new wave is breaking: humpback whales, absent from these waters for decades, now visit each winter to feed."

📍 Bangkok, Thailand | Photo by: Paul Hiller

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"Home to the Guinness World Record for the planet’s largest wave pool, Siam Park City is Southeast Asia’s biggest amusement park. Founder Chaiwat Luangamornlert opened the park in 1975 with just a few small  rides, but today it features more than thirty attractions, including this colossal seven-story, sevencolor water slide."