One possibility was in Landstuhl, Germany, an army base that serves as a stopover point for soldiers being sent back to the U.S. for treatment.

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Annapolis is a popular Fall stopover point for sailors from the Northeast who aim to sail their boats south to the Caribbean for the winter, or to points beyond.

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Environmentalists treasure Plum Island as a home to rare plants, a site where seals rest on rocks in large numbers, a stopover point for migratory birds and a habitat for endangered species like the roseate tern.

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The country's archipelago of virgin islands has been used by Latin American cartels as a stopover point for ferrying cocaine to Europe, where prices have skyrocketed at the same time that demand for cocaine leveled off in North America.

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For example, under the industry's byzantine fare structure, it is sometimes cheaper for a traveler to purchase a ticket to a distant city but to leave the plane at an intermediate stopover point -- which is his actual destination.

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