Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire, England

The sweeping canopy of Ascot's grandstand, opened in 2006, seen from the lawns during Royal Ascot that June. Queen Anne founded the course in 1711 a few miles from Windsor Castle, and it remains tied to the Crown: the royal procession still arrives down the straight in open carriages each day of the five-day June meeting. Beyond Royal Ascot, the course stages the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July, where the best three-year-olds take on their elders over a mile and a half.