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Geological Oddities

Hirschau, Germany

Monte Kaolino

A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships.

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Wayfarers Chapel

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Olympia, Washington

Mima Mounds

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Ceballos, Mexico

Mapimí Silent Zone

A US military accident created the legends behind this Mexican version of the Bermuda Triangle.

Brookville, Kansas

Mushroom Rock State Park

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Sleeping Giant

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.

Port Colborne, Ontario

The Incredible Shrinking Mill

This mill on Lake Erie appears to shrink as a viewer approaches thanks to an optical illusion.

East Sussex, England

Beachy Head

England's most notorious suicide spot.

Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Glacial Potholes

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

Harrogate, England

Brimham Rocks

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Phoenix, Arizona

Camelback Mountain

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Dunes of Liwa. Courtesy of Sammy Dallal

Mezairaa, United Arab Emirates

Singing Sand Dunes of Liwa

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

Drumheller, Alberta

The Hoodoos of Drumheller Valley

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Inyo County, California

Devils Golf Course Landscape

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Mølen

Mysterious man-made rock piles form an ancient cemetery on this rocky beach in Norway.

Half-filled

Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

Loughareema

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.

Lake Wales, Florida

Spook Hill

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Kuršumlija, Serbia

Devil's Town Rock Formation

The bizarre rocks of Đavolja Varoš are the result of natural erosion.