Rocks

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

This otherworldly French waterfall looks like its waters have turned to stone.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.