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Portland has always had a special place in people’s hearts, even if they haven’t actually been there.

Long underestimated as just another gray, post-Soviet harbor city, Tallinn’s quickly growing into one of Europe’s cool creative capitals, right up there with Berlin and Helsinki.

From trekking the “cheese roads” in Bregenzerwald to skiing the Olympic slopes in Innsbruck, catching Mozart concerts in Salzburg and eating elephant-ear-sized schnitzels in Vienna, few countries offer the right blend of untamed wilderness, cultural elegance, and ungodly portions of veal quite like Austria.

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To the untrained eye, the northern coast of Oregon is stuck in amber: A series of small towns butting up against beaches both sandy and rocky.

Dubai is THE city of the future, a mega-sized metropolis glimmering with sky-high architectural feats, driverless trains, and dizzying light shows.

Bariloche, Argentina, two hours by plane from vibrant Buenos Aires, is the epicenter of the Lakes Region of Patagonia, a magical fairy-tale land of the green, snow-capped Andes, hikes with epic views of crystalline lakes and rivers, and a wild and free gaucho lifestyle.

An island all the way down off the tip of the boot, Sicily is just far enough removed from the trodden tourist paths (Rome, Florence, Venice) that only regular visitors to Italy -- and those with ample vacation days -- tend to make it there.

Rivers made for rafting and tubing adventures, hinterland hiking trails to a Boiling Lake, a snorkeling reef that effervesces with volcanic vents, and a pod of resident sperm whales are just a few reasons why you should probably ditch your normal life for a trip to Dominica.

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