Fairbanks, Alaska
'Polaris'
The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Fairbanks, Alaska
The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Québec City, Québec
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Seychelles
A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.
Antsalova, Madagascar
Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Ndougou, Gabon
The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."
Duiwelskloof, South Africa
A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Alxa, China
The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.