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Kasama, Zambia
Mwela Rock Art Paintings
One of the largest concentrations of rock paintings in Southern Africa.
volcanoes
Instead of Hot Lava, These Cosmic Volcanoes Spew Ice
The dwarf planet Ceres is studded with cryovolcanoes.
Mialet, France
100,000 Soldiers of Trabuc Caves
This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.
geology
Welcome Back, Hunger Stones
In the past, the appearance of these rocks has portended bad famines, good wine, or nothing at all.
Torslanda, Sweden
Tumlehed Rock Paintings
Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.
Děčín, Czechia
Hunger Stones of Děčín
When the river dries up, these stones start talking.
Hawes, England
Buttertubs Pass
A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.
Kaiteriteri, New Zealand
Tokangawhā / Split Apple Rock
This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.
Clear Fork, West Virginia
Luther Elkins Petroglyphs
A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.
Calhoun, Georgia
Rock Garden Calhoun
Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.
Torrey, Utah
Factory Butte
A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
Elora, Ontario
Golden Jubilee Graffito
Among the cliffs of the Elora Gorge is an oft-overlooked piece of celebratory graffiti.
Visby, Sweden
Sankt Göransporten Arrow Slit
A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.
Hinckley, Ohio
Worden's Ledges
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.
Catoosa, Oklahoma
D.W. Correll Museum
It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.
Sweden
Lummelunda Cave
This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.
Siavonga, Zambia
Chirundu Fossil Forest
The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.
Borgholm, Sweden
Trollskogen (The Troll Forest)
Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.
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