Farmington, New Mexico
Bisti Badlands
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
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Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.
Jaipur, India
Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.
Yamanouchi, Japan
Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Colchani, Bolivia
This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.
Tønsvik, Norway
At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Wales
Wander along roughly a mile of paths in what may be the world's largest forest labyrinth.
Woodstock, New Hampshire
These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Rimini, Italy
The oldest civic library in Italy can trace its foundation back to 1619.
Odessa, Ukraine
A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.
Alexandria, Egypt
The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.
Aswan, Egypt
This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.
London, England
A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Masua, Italy
This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.
Bari, Italy
A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.
Burnet, Texas
An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
Battaglia Terme, Italy
Known as the Royal Palace of the Euganean Hills, this often overlooked castle has been home for multiple noble families over the centuries.