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St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
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Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
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The Old Limestone Arch
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Semuc Champey
Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
Taroko Gorge
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Qujing, China
Canola Flower Fields
This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.
Wendover, Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats / Bonneville Speedway
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
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Notes from the Field: A Gibbon Experience
Wentworth Point, Australia
SS Ayrfield
Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.
Coleford, England
Puzzlewood
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
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Nature in the City: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
St. Louis, Missouri
Pruitt-Igoe's Remains
An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.
Hudson, New York
Olana
The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Woodstock, New York
Overlook Mountain House Ruins
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Elka Park, New York
Dibbles Quarry
An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.
Toronto, Ontario
The Yorkville Rock
This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.
LaCrosse, Washington
Palouse Falls
An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
Neuss, Germany
Museumsinsel Hombroich
Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.
Chipley, Florida
Seacrest Wolf Preserve
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
Koloa, Hawaii
Lithified Sand Dunes
A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.
Cowra, Australia
Japanese War Cemetery and Garden
Final resting place for hundreds of prisoners of war.
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