The caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in northern Wisconsin have been transformed into a dazzling display of ice sculptures by the arctic siege gripping the Upper Midwest. The caves are usually accessible only by water, but Lake Superior's rock-solid ice cover is letting people walk to them for the first time since 2009.

Every January, the Gold Coast hosts ten days of carnival events that revolve around the famous yearling sales. Clarke Gayford went along on race day and soaked up the atmosphere trackside.

P.K. Stowers visits Cape Town's famous harbour and gets a view from the waves.

Built as a sanctuary to honour Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine and healing whose trademark snake and staff are the well-known international symbols of modern medicine today, the Asklepion's magnificent ruins are near the present-day Turkish city of Bergama.

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A cruise along one of Europe's most famous waterways aboard the MS Beethoven takes in the sights of Hungary, Slovakia and Austria.

The fourth biennial Sculpture in the Gardens showcases 23 pieces by New Zealand's top sculptors. Writer Liz Light went along to the Auckland Botanic Gardens to see them: these are her 10 favourites ...

There is great shopping and food to be had in Greytown.

Some of the more than 6000 propaganda posters printed between 1940 and 1990, which are on display at this private museum.

An aerial grand traverse of Mount Cook offers a new high peak perspective.

Spring is wildflower season in Western Australia and one of the best places to catch them in bloom is the Stirling Range, which is home to more than 1500 different species, many sprinkled randomly along the roadside.

Western Australia's southernmost point has rugged vistas to take your breath away.

Paul Rush gets some deep sea action outside the Rarotonga reef.

This architecturally-designed two-storey house is nestled among a cluster of upmarket properties in a quiet cul-de-sac. It accommodates 14 in six sumptuous bedrooms and has three bathrooms and a galley-style kitchen. Views of Coronet Peak, Queenstown Hill, Ben Lomond and the Shotover Canyon complete the sense of luxury.

For further information see luxuryholidayhouses.com.

Forty minutes from Taupo along SH5, Poronui (Maori for 'part of something bigger') is miles from mobile reception and smack bang in the centre of heaven.

For further information see poronui.com.

One of South Africa's most recognisable landmarks, Table Mountain has also been named one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

Some of the best spots to visit on the West Coast - named as one of the top 10 regions to visit in 2014 by Lonely Planet's Best in Travel.

This special wilderness sanctuary at the foot of the Warmwaterberg Mountain Range offers five-star accommodation as well as the opportunity to see endangered black and white rhinoceros species.

For further information see: sanbona.com

A colourful past comes to life when you visit Norfolk, the Pacific's undiscovered island.

Colin Mathura-Jeffree laps up the luxury and labels on the Gold Coast.

Judy Bailey gets the chance to explore her passion for wildlife in Australia.

Sequestered in the battlements of Castle Mandawa, Paul Rush dreams of his best exotic marigold hotel.

Ewan McDonald hangs out in a city that he usually passes through, and gets a different perspective.

Australia's festival state throws a giant bash in praise of verbal variety, as Jon Bridges discovers.

Jon Bridges bikes Victoria's Great Ocean Rd and experiences the gems that Melbourne has to offer.

P.K. Stowers takes the scenic route to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of the African continent.

Mike Van de Elzen visits the Agrarian Kitchen, a farmed-based cooking school about 45 minutes from Hobart in Tasmania's Derwent Valley.

The city of Liverpool is charmingly lyrical. Wherever I walk through the city, musical themes and Beatles lyrics spontaneously erupt in my head.

Colin Mathura-Jeffree shops til he drops in Brisbane.