Carcross, Yukon
Carcross Desert
This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.
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Carcross, Yukon
This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.
Błędów, Poland
People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.
Rustrel, France
One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Lemnos, Greece
A miniature desert appears out of nowhere on the lush isle of Lemnos, like something out of a Greek myth.
Northwest Arctic, Alaska
Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.
Taketomi, Japan
White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.
Ngorongoro, Tanzania
These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.
Saskatchewan
The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.
Mifflin, Pennsylvania
A former church turned school, turned museum, this building houses artifacts both unusual and mundane.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This mobile theater show highlights the story of Hershey through fun facts, unique stories, and plenty of candy samples.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
Step back in time here, as the old world and new world meet.
Rivière-Koksoak, Québec
A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.
Antarctica
An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.
New Zealand
The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.
In Amguel, Algeria
One of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet is located in the middle of the Sahara Desert.
Vence, France
Henri Matisse's final masterpiece.
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico
They say that the sculptures in the fountain dedicated to deceased children move at night.
Rydal, England
Thought to be Britain’s earliest purpose-built viewing station, this small hut frames a magical waterfall.
Irbene, Latvia
This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.
Parkes, Australia
This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.
Matera, Italy
One of the few places of its kind, this space research center sits deep in the countryside of Matera.
Buinen, Netherlands
The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.