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Balboa District, Panama
Wreck of the Sub Marine Explorer
The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.
Permanently Closed
Laem Sak, Thailand
Archipelago Cinema
This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.
hot springs
Curious Fact of the Week: Hot Monkeys
Baffin Region, Nunavut
Nettilling Lake
This landlocked lake is the world's largest on an island.
Sarandë District, Albania
Syri i Kalter: The Blue Eye
A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.
Algarrobo, Chile
World's Largest Swimming Pool
A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.
Ansons Bay, Australia
Bay of Fires
Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.
Hammarland, Finland
Märket Lighthouse
A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.
Métabetchouan-Lac-à -la-Croix, Québec
Val-Jalbert Ghost Town
An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.
Le Roeulx, Belgium
Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.
Santo Amaro do MaranhĂ£o, Brazil
LenĂ§Ă³is Maranhenses Dunes
A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.
Abang, Indonesia
Tirta Gangga Water Palace
Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
Bonne Terre Mine
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Marble Bar, Australia
Strelley Pool
Microscopic fossils suggest Australia may be the birthplace of sulphur-based life forms.
Hull, Massachusetts
City of Salisbury Shipwreck
A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.
Permanently Closed
Nouadhibou, Mauritania
Bay of Nouadhibou Ship Graveyard
The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.
Kelimutu, Indonesia
Kelimutu Volcano
Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.
Orvieto, Italy
Pozzo di San Patrizio
Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.
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