Places Edited by aribrown

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.

The ruins of a lighthouse on the island Amelia Earhart never reached.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.