Quemado, New Mexico
‘The Lightning Field’
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
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Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Heavener, Oklahoma
One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.
Spiro, Oklahoma
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
Naalehu, Hawaii
A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Hawaii
This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Brooklyn, New York
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
New York, New York
The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Saariselkä, Finland
Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Raymond Island, Australia
Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.