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Secret Viewing Spot: The view of the ocean from atop Moher is breathtaking, but experiencing it on the water is sublime.
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Hop on a surfboard at the nearby Lahinch Surf School and try to conquer Aill na Searrach, also known as the giant wave of Moher.
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When to Go: Crowds dissipate in October, when you’ll also find the best swells.
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Great Wall of China
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Why It’s Amazing: Millions of people over the course of 21 centuries helped construct,
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rebuild, and maintain the Great Wall of China, which dips, rises, and bends across the country for some 6,000 miles.
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The theory that it’s visible from space is now debated, but its immense engineering achievement and man-made beauty are unquestionable.
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Secret Viewing Spot: You’ll find the otherworldly ruins of unrestored wall segments in Gubeikou,
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a less-visited part of the Yanshan Mountain range in the northeast of Miyun County.
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When to Go: October’s brisk temperatures and lighter foot traffic make for ideal wall hiking.
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Paris Skyline
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Why It’s Amazing: Napoleon is credited for transforming the City of Light during the Second Empire,
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but it was engineer Gustave Eiffel who helped define the cityscape with a colossal iron lattice tower,
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which has become a symbol of romance that can be seen sparkling from even the remotest corners of Paris’s 20th Arrondissement.
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Secret Viewing Spot: The glimmering, glass-walled Nomiya is a temporary, 12-seat restaurant and art installation on top of the Palais de Tokyo museum; it’s open until July 2010.
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When to Go: Winter. Yes, it’s chilly, but the twinkling lights and cold Seine breeze create a tableau that is pure Paris
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The Matterhorn
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Why It’s Amazing: Five hundred mountain climbers have died attempting to reach the rocky 14,692-foot summit of Switzerland’s majestic Matterhorn.
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The snow-covered, sawtoothed peak has a pyramidal summit that has become the textbook illustration of alpinism’s golden age and all its triumphs.
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Secret Viewing Spot: Ascend Gornergrat by railway and exit at quiet Rotenboden station.
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Walk down the 3-kilometer path to Lake Riffelsee, which on clear days offers majestic reflections of the mountain.
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When to Go: The trail to Lake Riffelsee is open from July to October; the later you go, the less crowded it will be.
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Grand Canyon
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Why It’s Amazing: It’s big. Real big. We’re talking 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and one mile deep.
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While it’s not the world’s deepest or widest canyon, it’s undoubtedly the most colorful.
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