Your answers to the psychometric questions at the RANKING TEST tab reveal your personal favorites among the 15 Beautiful Facets. You can then prioritize your visits to beautiful places in CitiesBeautiful.org’s 25 cities, by focusing on your favorite Beautiful Facet. Clicking on any Beautiful Facet below will take you to a table that has all 25 cities’ Principle Features and Honorable Mentions that have been classified by that specific Beautiful Facet. Each table is sorted by the highest scoring city for that Beautiful Facet down to the lowest scoring city.
This webpage is the personalized tour of all the beautiful places that have the Beautiful Facet classification of SURETY.
| CITY | SCORE | PRINCIPLE FEATURES | HONORABLE MENTIONS |
| ISTANBUL | 76.9 | The Theodosian Walls, Military Museum, Seven Towers Fortress (Yedikule) | Rumeli Fortress, Marmara Sea Walls, Istanbul Aviation Museum |
| WASHINGTON DC | 76.9 | The Pentagon, Supreme Court, Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters | National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, National Museum of Crime and Punishment |
| JAIPUR | 69.2 | Amber Fort, Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh Fort | Jaipur city wall and seven gates, Armoury Museum in City Palace |
| PRAGUE | 69.2 | Prague Castle (Pražský Hrad), Towers--Old Town Bridge, Powder, Daliborka, etc.; Hunger Wall (Hladová zeď) | Army Museum Zizkov (Armádní muzeum Žižkov), Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely (Letecké Muzeum Kbely) |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 69.2 | Alcatraz, Fleet Week and the Blue Angels, Fort Point | USS Pampanito, USS Jeremiah O'Brien |
| CAPE TOWN | 53.8 | Castle of Good Hope, Chavonnes Cannon Battery Museum, Lighthouses -- Slangkoppunt, Green Point, Robben island | SAS Somerset , South African Air Force Museum |
| RIO DE JANEIRO | 53.8 | Forte de Copacabana; Fortaleza de Santa Cruz, Monumento aos Pracinhas; | Forte do Leme a.k.a. Forte Duque de Caxias; Fortaleza de São João |
| ROME | 53.8 | Castel Sant'Angelo, Aurelian Wall, Swiss Guards at the Vatican | [None] |
| ST. PETERSBURG | 53.8 | Peter and Paul Fortress, Artillery Museum (Artilleriysky Muzey), Naval Vessels -- Cruiser Aurora, C-189 Submarine Museum, The Memorial Complex Submarine D-2, Icebreaker Krasin | Central Naval Museum |
| ATHENS | 46.2 | War Museum, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Changing of the Guard, (Greek cruiser) Georgios Averof Museum | Hellenic Air Force Museum, Naval Museum, Fortress of Eleutherae, |
| JERUSALEM | 46.2 | Jerusalem City Wall and the Gates, Broad Wall, Ammunition Hill Memorial and Museum | Underground Prisoners Museum |
| KYOTO | 46.2 | Nijō Castle (Nijō-jō), East Temple (To-ji) [formerly "The Temple for the Defense of the Nation by Means of the King of Doctrines"], Nijo Jin-ya [350 Year Old "Safe House"] | Azuchi Castle |
| LONDON | 46.2 | Imperial War Museum, Royal Air Force Museum, HMS Belfast | Churchill War Rooms, Royal Courts of Justice; Numerous Memorials--Cenotaph, Bomber Command, Royal Artillery, Australian and New Zealand War , etc. |
| MELBOURNE | 46.2 | Shrine of Remembrance, Old Melbourne Gaol. National Vietnam Veterans Museum | Fort Queenscliff & Black Lighthouse |
| SYDNEY | 46.2 | Fort Denison, Middle Head, Anzac Memorial | North Fort, Victoria Barracks and Museum |
| AMSTERDAM | 38.5 | Resistence Museum(Verzetsmuseum); Defensive Towers -- Mint Tower (Munttoren), Montelbaanstoren, Tower of Weeping Women (Schreierstoren); St Anthony's Gate (St-Anthoniespoort or Waag) | Muiderpoort |
| BUENOS AIRES | 38.5 | Islas Malvinas-Falkland Islands War Memorial, Museo de las Armas de la Nación, Buque Museo Fragata A.R.A. Presidente Sarmiento | Buque Museo Corbeta Uruguay, |
| CHICAGO | 38.5 | Soldier Field including South Courtyard, Doughboy statue, Memorial Waterfall, Veteran's Memorial; Pritzker Military Museum & Library; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza | Elks Veteran Memorial |
| FEZ | 38.5 | Musee des Armes; North Borj [North Fort]; South Borj [South Fort] | Other City Gates -- Bab Fettouh, Bab Guissa |
| HONG KONG | 38.5 | Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, Kowloon Walled City Park, (Former) Marine Police Headquarters | Tung Lung Fort, Police Museum |
| PARIS | 38.5 | La Grande Arche de la Défense, Conciergerie, Château de Vincennes | Musee de la Prefecture (Paris Police Museum) |
| BUDAPEST | 30.8 | Citadel (Citadella), Museum of Military History (Hadtörténeti Múzeum), Hospital in the Rock (Bevezető Szerkesztése) | Liberty Square (Szabadság Tér) |
| SEOUL | 30.8 | War Memorial of Korea, Seoul’s Fortress Walls, MongChon Earthen Fortification (Mongchontoseong) | Acha Mountain Fortress |
| VANCOUVER | 30.8 | Vancouver Police Museum, Chinese Canadian Military Museum, Sins of the City Walking Tour | [None] |
| BARCELONA | 23.1 | Museu Militar de Montjuïc, Roman Walls at Plaça Ramón Berenguer et al., Turo de la Rovira | [None] |
