• Prehistoric Sites: Stonehenge, England; the Lescaux Cave Paintings, France, and others.
• Battlefields: Waterloo, Belgium; Gettysburg, U.S.A.; Hastings, England; Ypres, Belgium, and others.
• Buildings and Monuments: St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow; Nishi Hogan-Ji (Buddhist temple), Kyoto, Japan; St. Paul's Cathedral, London; the Eiffel Tower, Paris; the Empire State Building, New York City; the Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy; the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem; the Pyramids, Egypt; and many others.
• Homes of the Famous and Infamous: Mozart's Birthplace, Salzburg, Austria; Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, England; Jane Austen's home, Chawton, England; Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden, near Munich, Germany; and many others.

Richard Cavendish is a historian and an authority on Britain's historic heritage. He is the author of A Guidebook to Prehistoric England, writes a regular monthly column in History Today magazine, and has just completed a book on the kings and queens of Britain. He has planned, contributed to, and edited numerous reference works, including books about great events of the twentieth century and wonders of the world. He has lectured and broadcast in Britain, the United States, Denmark, Canada, and Australia.