We set out in the fog looking for one of Mont-Saint-Michel's quieter views. We found it eventually, along with several hundred sheep.

There are cities best understood from the street. Lyon, I think, makes more sense first from above.

Takayama wears its history unusually well. More than four centuries after it developed as a castle town in Japan's mountainous Hida region, its past is still easy to see at street level.

Hanok-lined streets, quiet corners and a day spent wandering one of Korea’s most distinctive places.