Flag of Colorado
Three horizontal stripes of blue, white, blue, overlaid with a red letter C enclosing a gold disc.
Three horizontal stripes of blue, white, blue, overlaid with a red letter C enclosing a gold disc.
The Montana state seal on a navy blue field, with the word MONTANA in gold letters above (added 1981).
Unique among US state flags: a different design on each side. Front shows the state seal; reverse shows a beaver — the state animal.
The Vermont state coat of arms on a navy blue field — a pine tree, a cow, and sheaves of wheat with the Green Mountains behind.
The silhouette of an American bison containing the state seal, on a white field surrounded by red and blue borders.

Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's second-largest city, set between mountains and Atlantic beaches, with Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado, Sugarloaf Mountain, the Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, and the world's largest carnival.

Tehran is the capital of Iran, set against the snow-capped Alborz Mountains, with the Golestan Palace, the Grand Bazaar — one of the world's oldest — and the iconic Azadi Tower.

Vancouver is Canada's Pacific gateway, set between the ocean and the Coast Mountains, regularly ranked among the world's most liveable cities, with Stanley Park, Granville Island, and a strong Asian-Canadian cultural presence.
Alabama is a Deep South state on the Gulf of Mexico, central to the Civil Rights Movement (Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham) and home to the Marshall Space Flight Center where the Saturn V rocket was developed.