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Cannon Beach, Oregon
Crescent Beach
This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.
Puentedey, Spain
Natural Arch Bridge
A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.
Şehzadeler, Turkey
Manisa Relief
This mysterious cliffside carving of an ancient Hittite deity has baffled scholars for centuries.
Bulgan, Mongolia
Flaming Cliffs
Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.
Stanton Lees, England
Nine Ladies Stone Circle
Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.
Iceland
Laufskálavarða
Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.
East Tigray, Ethiopia
Abuna Yemata Guh
Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.
Hebron, New Hampshire
Sculptured Rocks
This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.
Kerman, Iran
Lut Desert (Dasht-e Lut)
The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.
Stazzema, Italy
Monte Forato
A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.
Cusco, Peru
Rodadero Slides
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Bahamas
The Cow and the Bull
These two giant boulders mysteriously perched on a 60-foot cliff may have been slung up there by a raging tsunami.
Gavaragiriya, Sri Lanka
Fa-Hien Lena (Pahiyangala Cave)
The remains of a 37,000-year-old prehistoric society were discovered in this mammoth cave, one of the largest in Asia.
Algeria
Tassili n'Ajjer
The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.
Henrieville, Utah
Kodachrome Basin Spires
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Bușteni, Romania
The Mountain Sphinx
Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.
Hope Valley, England
The Crazy Pinnacle
There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.
Iceland
Drangurinn Rock
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
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