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Gokdepe, Turkmenistan
Köw Ata Underground Lake
This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.
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Graniteville, Vermont
Rock of Ages Granite Quarry
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Waimangu, New Zealand
Lake Rotomahana
The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.
Namibia
Namib Sand Sea
A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.
Pozzuoli, Italy
Phlegraean Fields
A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.
Belpasso, Italy
Mount Etna
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Pozzuoli, Italy
Monte Nuovo
Italy's "New Mountain" rose from the ground in a volcanic eruption in 1538.
Munich, Germany
Eisbachwelle
Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.
JardĂn, Colombia
Cave of Splendor
Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.
San Bernardino, California
Kelso Dunes
The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'
Dobbs Ferry, New York
St. Cabrini Novitiate
This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.
Sierra Bullones, Philippines
Chocolate Hills
Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.
Bahamas
Nurse Sharks of Compass Cay
They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.
Beaufort, North Carolina
North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort
A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
Iceland
Hekla
A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.
Haines Falls, New York
Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Cango Caves
Largest cave system in Africa.
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Creation Museum, Taxidermy Hall of Fame, and Antique Tool Museum
A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.
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