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Geological Oddities

Townsend, Tennessee

Tuckaleechee Caverns

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

Turnov, Czechia

Český Ráj (Bohemian Paradise)

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Fall Creek Falls State Park. (Wikimedia Commons)

Pikeville, Tennessee

Fall Creek Falls State Park

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

The great stone maze. (Grégoire Tricoire/Atlas Obscura)

Nébias, France

Labyrinthe Vert de Nebias

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.

Shilin Stone Forest

270 million year-old forest of stone.

The Calder Stones. (Geograph)

Liverpool, England

The Calderstones

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.

A close-up of the plaque on the historical marker with a plush duck. (Wikimedia Commons)

Lebanon, Kansas

Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

Antelope Canyon

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

(Derek A. Young/Flickr)

Port Austin, Michigan

Turnip Rock

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Castle Hill.

Castle Hill, New Zealand

Castle Hill

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

The Moeraki Boulders at sunrise. (Wikimedia Commons)

Hampden, New Zealand

Moeraki Boulders

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Rocksprings, Texas

Devil's Sinkhole

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

The town of Visoko in 1973 with the "Pyramid of the Sun" in the background. (Wikimedia Commons)

Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Visočia, the Bosnian Pyramid of Visoko

Controversial site of what could be Europe's first pyramid.

San Antonio, Mexico

La Lobera

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

Ichigualasto, Argentina

Ischigualasto

Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.

Kolukkumalai Tea Estate

At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.

Sigiriya

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Sigiriya

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

Dinosaur Dance Floor

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.