Costa Rica
Río Celeste
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
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Costa Rica
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
Cahuita, Costa Rica
Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Leeward Settlement, Turks and Caicos Islands
Uninhabited islet in the Caribbean is the sanctuary of giant lizards.
Trinidad and Tobago
The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.
New Jersey, Trinidad and Tobago
This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.
Falmouth, Jamaica
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Haut Saut d'Eau, Haiti
Thousands of Haitians travel to the waterfalls to ask the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and her voodoo counterpart Erzulie for healing in a yearly pilgrimage.
Grenada
A violent name for a violent volcano.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.
Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic
This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.
Delices, Dominica
This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.
West Bay, Cayman Islands
Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.
Smith's, Bermuda
Where a rare geological phenomenon created a section of rock that resembles a checkerboard.
Bermuda
The world's smallest drawbridge.
Bermuda
A tropical paradise once home to space exploration and military installations.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.
Đồng Văn, Vietnam
This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.
Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.