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Destination Finland The 24-ton Sibelius Monument by Eila Hiltunen, dedicated to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, is the centerpiece of Sibelius Park in Helsinki. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Finland A view from below Sibelius Monument in Helsinki. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Greece The Sea Gates, the main entrance to Rhodes, Greece. Photo: Joe Ross / Creative Commons BY SA
Destination Scotland The Callanish Stones are an arrangement of standing stones dating to the Bronze Age and located on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. Photo: Malcolm Macleod Photography · Courtesy of VisitScotland
Destination Tonga Haʿamonga ʿa Maui was built at the beginning of the 13th century, most likely as a gateway to the royal compound Heketā. Courtesy of Jones Travel and Tours, Tonga
Destination Cuba El Templete, a monument that pays homage to the place where Havana's foundation was celebrated in 1519. Creative Commons BY
Ship Viking Hemming Torre de Belém on the banks of the river Tagus in Lisbon, Portugal. Courtesy of Norwegian Cruise Line
Destination New York Ground Zero, part of the 9/11 memorial, at Freedom Tower in New York. Photo: Eric Salard · Creative Commons BY-SA
Destination Greece Children play at sunset on the Temple of Apollo on the island of Naxos, where hundreds of visitors gather at sundown every night. The huge marble portal was begun in 522 B.C. on the orders of the tyrant Lygdamis but never completed. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Crete The remains of a Venetian fort in Chania, Crete, dating from the Venetian occupation of the 13th to 16th centuries. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Destination Crete A building at the Palace of Knossos in Crete. The archaeological site dates to the Bronze Age and is considered Europe's oldest city. Photo: JD Lasica · Special to Cruiseable
Ship Sapphire A nice capture of the Arc de Triomphe (Arch of Triumph), at the center of the Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris. Photo: Benh Lieu Song · Creative Commons BY SA 3.0
Destination southern Spain Built by the Moors between 1184 and 1197, this minaret Giralda tower in Seville, Spain, was repurposed and became a bell tower after the Christians' conquest in 1568. Photo: Pablo Herranz · Courtesy of Tourist Office of Spain