Imagine standing above the clouds, wrapped in cool mountain air, with the scent of pine and wet moss all around you. Welcome to Doi Inthanon National Park, home to the highest point in Thailand and one of the most magical highland escapes in the north.

On the rugged coast of Nova Scotia, waves crash, gulls cry, and fog rolls in thick off the Atlantic. It’s easy to imagine that nothing has changed here in centuries—and at the Fortress of Louisbourg, it truly hasn’t.