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You know Smokey the Bear—but have you met Woody the Smiling, Animated Log?
forests

Smokey the Bear Has Nothing on These Forgotten Forest Mascots

Meet The Guberif, Johnny Horizon, Howdy The Good Outdoor Manners Raccoon, and more!
Cara Giaimo August 24, 2016
Lucky visitors to the Supreme Court play basketball.
Washington, D.C.

The Highest Court In the Land

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
Cell phone light trails illuminating the caves of Mønsted Kalkgruber.
Stoholm, Denmark

Mønsted Kalkgruber

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.
Juneau, Alaska

Mendenhall Glacier

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
caves

Found: Secret, Illicit Tunnels in an Oregon Park

Police are not happy.
Sarah Laskow August 4, 2016
cemeteries

Atlas Obscura's Great Nevada Road Trip

Five days. Fifty hidden wonders. A thousand miles.
Underwater at Cenote Angelita
Chumkopó, Mexico

Cenote Angelita

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.
Cavernous exploration requires specialized equipment and highly skilled divers
Andros I, Bahamas

Subsurface Bahamian Caves

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.
Blue Hole Fly Over
Belize

Great Blue Hole

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
Rangalifinolhu, Maldives

Ithaa Undersea Restaurant

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.
caves

A Centuries-Old Man-Made Cave Is Being Demolished to Make Way for an Airport

Some anthropologists, though, are trying to digitize it.
Eric Grundhauser July 18, 2016
Aokigahara Forest
Fujinomiya-shi, Japan

Aokigahara Forest

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.
Killiansburg Cave, June 2016
Sharpsburg, Maryland

Killiansburg Cave

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
The Statue of Integrity.
Härjedalen, Sweden

Greta Garbo Statue of Integrity

This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales

Llechwedd Caverns Trampoline Park

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
Buddhist statues dominate the entrance
Hpa-An, Myanmar

Saddar Cave

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.
caves

Some Astronauts Are Spending 6 Days in Caves to Train for Space

It's part of the European Space Agency's Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising, which forms the acronym CAVE.
Eric Grundhauser June 28, 2016
Regular fireflies. Just use your imagination.
Hendersonville, North Carolina

Blue Ghost Fireflies

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.