Rocks

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.