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The Méret Oppenheim fountain at Waisenhausplatz.

Bern, Switzerland

Méret Oppenheim Fountain

The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.

Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve.

Eydhafushi, Maldives

Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve

The world's seventh-largest coral reef contains an incredible amount of biodiversity.

Murder Hole Beach.

Boyeeghter Bay

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

The huge ice disk dwarfs a nearby parking garage.

A Giant Ice Disk Has Formed on a River in Maine

Our heads are spinning.

Evan Nicole Brown January 15, 2019

The 230-foot waterfall.

Santana do Riacho, Brazil

Cachoeira do Lajeado

This unique 230-foot waterfall is a natural beauty hidden within the vast wild landscape.

The Smoking Hills, as seen from the sea.

Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories

The Smoking Hills

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

Granite Falls, Washington

Lime Kiln Trail

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

View from the top of the cliff.

Colares, Portugal

Praia da Ursa

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

The Patriarch Tree.

Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, Brazil

The Patriarch Tree

This magnificent tree towering over the Atlantic rainforest is one of the oldest and largest in Brazil.

Two pods, one ocean, so what do they do?

Two Adriatic Dolphin Pods Scrupulously Avoid Each Other

Researchers don't know exactly why they're so clique-y.

Anna Kusmer December 18, 2018

How to See the Poetry in Plants

A botanist made fantastical sketches of the rain forests' natural wonders.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 14, 2018

Natural rock water slide.

Lionhead Natural Water Slides

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

What place is so beautiful that it made you cry?

22 Places That Brought Atlas Obscura Readers to Tears

Does anyone have a tissue?

Eric Grundhauser December 12, 2018

Depending on who you ask, <em>Rhodotus palmatus</em> looks like a brain or a wrinkled peach.

The Most Amazing, Smelly, Deadly Fungi in North America

Handing out superlatives to some overlooked species.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 5, 2018

The delicate-looking ice is a fleeting wonder.

'Hair Ice' Covered a South Carolina Park Like Beautiful, Gossamer Trash

A ranger initially mistook the clumps for wads of wet toilet paper.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 3, 2018

Tell us these aren't the cutest sea monsters you've ever seen.

The Gribbles Are Here to Help Us Go Green

Tiny marine wood-eaters might help us dig into our biofuel future.

Matthew Taub December 3, 2018

Pongo de Mainique.

La Convención Province, Peru

Pongo de Mainique

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

New York, New York

Rat Rock in Morningside Heights

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.