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Agra, India
Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
Englishtown, Nova Scotia
Giant MacAskill’s Grave
46.2875, -60.5399
Jakes Landing, Nova Scotia
Kejimkujik Petroglyphs
44.3884, -65.2148
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Tà Má Stream
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Saint-Bernard, France
Tour Isabelle Double Arch
This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.
Harpswell, Maine
Bailey Island Bridge (Cribstone Bridge)
An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.
Vila Franca Do Campo, Portugal
Islet of Vila Franca do Campo
A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.
Freeport, Texas
Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve
This hollowed salt dome is the largest oil storage facility in the world, hoarding 250 million barrels of crude oil.
national parks
The Embarrassing History of Crap Thrown Into Yellowstone's Geysers
Laundry, horseshoes, coins, and the collective decency of humanity.
Blankenburg (Harz), Germany
Teufelsmauer (The Devil's Wall)
A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.
roads
Oregon Blows Up a Massive Boulder
The 200-ton interloper didn't last long.
Skiatook, Oklahoma
The Healing Stone of Skiatook
A natural rock formation believed to be a cure-all.
Stenness, Scotland
Ness of Brodgar
The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.
geology
Found: Rocks Formed From Earth’s Earliest Crust
Life on Earth is tough, even for rocks.
Reykjanes, Iceland
Gunnuhver
Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.
geology
Found: The Oldest Plant Fossil Ever Discovered
It looks like red algae.
Kazuno, Japan
Ōyu Stone Circles
Constructed thousands of years ago, these stone circles offer incredible insight into the lives of the people who built them.
Kumejima-chō, Japan
Tatami-ishi (Tatami Rocks)
Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.
Orkney, Scotland
Old Man of Hoy
A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.
Durness, Scotland
Smoo Cave
A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past
science
The 4 Places on Earth to Look for the Earliest Evidence of Life
It's hard to find rocks more than 3.6 billion years old.
Narusawa-mura, Japan
Narusawa Hyoketsu (Ice Cave)
A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."
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