Ternate, Indonesia
Ternate Island
The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.
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Ternate, Indonesia
The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Choco, Colombia
Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.
Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Nikko, Japan
A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.
Chobe, Botswana
There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.
Invergordon, Scotland
This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.
Tambopata, Peru
One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.
Pello, Finland
A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.
Kizilsu, China
The world's largest natural arch was forgotten for over 50 years after its discovery.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bridge that died in war and was resurected.
Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Željava, Croatia
Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.
Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina
These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Kvarntorp, Sweden
An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.
Alofi, Niue
A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
Panenský Týnec, Czechia
The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.
Rivière-Koksoak, Québec
A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
Borre, Denmark
A natural wonder in south Denmark.
Italy
A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.