51.   In oil patch states like Oklahoma and Texas, oil and gas wells dot the landscape.

52.   In the tiny villages and small subsistence farms that dot the landscape, nearly everyone knows an Olympic runner or a world champion.

53.   In the central, or Mitte district, of former East Berlin, construction cranes, mounds of soil and steel skeletons of high rises dot the landscape.

54.   More so than in most other American cities, wall art dots the landscape in Philadelphia.

55.   Shells of abandoned cars dot the landscape between weather-beaten homes on stilts.

56.   The old decaying charm of beautiful Portuguese buildings, some centuries old, dot the landscape and rival the few remaining high-perched traditional houses.

57.   Replicas of the wonders of the East dot the landscape, including the landmark Nara Gate in Japan, the Xian Tower in China, Samarkand Square in Uzbekistan.