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Elephants playing in the mud at Elephant Nature Park.

Tambon Kuet Chang, Thailand

Elephant Nature Park

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

El Salto de la Novia in Spain.

Salto de la Novia

Translating as "The Jump of the Girlfriend," this stunning waterfall has a tragic legend behind it.

Black Mountain, North Carolina

Craggy Gardens Rhododendron Tunnels

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

John Muir's Birthplace.

Dunbar, Scotland

John Muir's Birthplace

The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.

Monet's Pond.

Seki-shi, Japan

Monet's Pond

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

82 degree turquoise water boils forth from a pool seemingly carved out of the snow.

Dolores, Colorado

Geyser Spring Trail

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

Ōzora-chō, Japan

Shibazakura Park

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

The Oak of Honor

London, England

One Tree Hill

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Swan Park.

Monticello, Minnesota

Swan Park

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

Aldeyjarfoss

Aldeyjarfoss

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

Forks, Washington

Second Beach

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

A blue glow in the surf has been observed during hours of darkness along a 15-mile stretch of California coast.

A 15-Mile Stretch of California's Coast Is Currently Glowing Neon Blue

It's due to an unusual algal bloom known as a red tide.

Julia Carrie Wong May 15, 2018

The boardwalk through a mangrove tunnel.

Naples, Florida

Clam Pass Beach

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

June 2012, Nebraska.

Photographing the Unbridled Power of a Supercell Storm

Nature at its most tempestuous.

Anika Burgess May 1, 2018

Your Best Ideas for Dealing With Minnesota's Rogue Bog

Atlas Obscura readers offer creative solutions to a floating menace.

Eric Grundhauser April 26, 2018

Bass Rock Gannet Colony.

North Berwick, Scotland

Bass Rock

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

Visitors stand on a 130-foot-high spiral tower.

Treetop Tower of Rügen

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.