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Jayuya, Puerto Rico
Cerro de Punta
The highest peak in Puerto Rico is home to a rare fern that can only be found on six trees at its summit.
Naalehu, Hawaii
Ka Lae
The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.
Duchesne County, Utah
Kings Peak
The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.
Gainesville, Florida
The Devil’s Millhopper
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Mill Valley, California
Dad O'Rourke's Bench
One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.
Baker, Nevada
Prometheus Tree Stump
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Calhan, Colorado
Paint Mines Interpretive Park
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Petersham, Massachusetts
Fisher Museum Forestry Dioramas
This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
The Fairy Stream
This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.
Mono County, California
Crowley Lake Columns
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Melba, Idaho
Cleo's Ferry Museum and Nature Trail
Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.
Oakley, Kansas
Monument Rocks
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
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The Radical Victorian Lady behind an Essential Collection of Botanical Art
Shanklin, England
Shanklin Chine
This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.
Katoomba, Australia
The Giant Stairway
A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.
Blackville, South Carolina
God's Acre Healing Springs
This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.
Rigaud, Québec
Sucrerie de la Montagne
This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.
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