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Natural Wonders

Erta Ale by Night

Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia

Erta Ale

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

Haystack Rock

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Haystack Rock

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Old Naked Joe Mountain. (Atlas Obscura)

Norfork, Arkansas

Old Naked Joe Mountain

Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.

Ruins of Hacienda Nápoles

Puerto Triunfo, Colombia

Hacienda Nápoles

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

The tree surgeon buried in a tree. (Atlas Obscura)

Carthage, Arkansas

Tree Surgeon Buried in a Tree

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

Cenobio de Valeron. (Wikimedia Commons)

Cenobio de Valeron

Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.

White Desert

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Lacul Sfanta Ana, Harghita County, Romania. (Liliana Suruceanu/AtlasObscura)

Harghita County, Romania

Lacul Sfanta Ana

Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.

Tree of Life

Shajarat-al-Hayat (Tree of Life)

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

Togo the Wonder Dog. (Creative Commons)

Wasilla, Alaska

Togo the Wonder Dog

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

Lambing Flat Chinese Tribute Garden. (Hungry Hen)

Young, Australia

Lambing Flat Chinese Tribute Garden

Tribute to the Chinese people of Young and Australia.

Devil's Icebox. (Creative Commons)

Columbia, Missouri

Devil's Icebox

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Isle of Staffa, Scotland

Fingal's Cave

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Sagrat Cor, the church at the very top of Tibidabo. (Wikimedia Commons)

Barcelona, Spain

Tibidabo

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Inside the Todra Gorge

Province de Tinghir, Morocco

Todra Gorge

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

The side of the Clingstone House. (wallyg/Flickr)

Jamestown, Rhode Island

Clingstone House

Eco-friendly island mansion.

Entrance to PJ's B and B, White Cliffs, New South Wales. (Wikimedia Commons)

White Cliffs, Australia

White Cliffs

Australia's first opal field led to a mining rush in the 1890s.

Yamanouchi, Japan

Jigokudani Monkey Park

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.