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Franklin, Pennsylvania
St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Frank & Nancy’s Marine Corps Museum
44.4595, -88.2140
Luarca, Spain
Giant Squid Museum
43.5410, -6.5389
Mumbai, India
The Old Limestone Arch
18.9688, 72.8039
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Juneau, Alaska
Mendenhall Glacier
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Hauts Plateaux, Cameroon
Man & Woman Lakes
Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The Reichenbach Falls
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
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A Massive Oil Rig Has Washed Up on a Beach in Scotland
It weighs nearly 19,000 tons.
Burnet, Texas
Old Bluffton Underwater Ghost Town
This underwater old Texas hill town only resurfaces during harsh drought.
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Some dreams are too large.
Big Sur, California
McWay Falls and Waterfall House Ruins
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Nunavut
Sub-Sub-Sub Island on Victoria Island
The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.
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Five days. Fifty hidden wonders. A thousand miles.
Sakaiminato, Japan
Rollercoaster Bridge (Eshima Ohashi)
This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.
Supai, Arizona
Havasupai Falls
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Moran, Wyoming
Parting of the Waters
Creek water that starts here has a 50/50 chance of ending up in the Atlantic or the Pacific.
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The Perplexing Problem of Manitoba's Nameless Lakes
There are some 90,000 anonymous lakes.
Sakha Republic, Russia
Lake Labynkyr
This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.
Koror, Palau
Jellyfish Lake
An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.
Ambergris Caye, Belize
Shark Ray Alley
This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.
Namerikawa, Japan
The Firefly Squid of Toyama Bay
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
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What It's Like to Be an Underwater Crime Scene Investigator
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