Stowe, Vermont
Smugglers’ Notch
A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.
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Stowe, Vermont
A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.
El Salvador
This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
The hottest place on the planet.
Yaiza, Spain
This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.
Nessebar, Bulgaria
One of the world’s only pink lakes where it's possible to take a dip.
Kazakhstan
These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.
Passau, Germany
A park where the Inn and Ilz rivers join the Danube as it slinks off into Austria.
Manaus, Brazil
This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.
West Alton, Missouri
Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.
Fiumicino, Italy
Along a manmade hexagonal lake lies what was once the main port of ancient Rome.
Geneva, Switzerland
Where two rivers meet—but don’t mix.
Mikladalur, Faroe Islands
A woman facing death for bearing a child out of wedlock lifted this massive stone as her legacy.
Caerphilly, Wales
This castle tower in Wales leans at a steeper angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Hume, California
This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.
Tulare County, California
The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.
Louisville, Kentucky
Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.
Rere, New Zealand
Nature's slip and slide.
Te Araroa, New Zealand
This great Pōhutukawa tree is believed to be the largest and oldest of its kind in the world.
Maligrad, Albania
This remote church calls a tiny island its sanctuary.
Vik, Iceland
A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.
Tatev, Armenia
The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.