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This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

The Earth's saltiest natural body of water belches toxic gas.

An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

The hottest place on the planet.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.

An enchanting natural wonder in Puerto Rico's Camuy River Park.

The highest peak in Puerto Rico is home to a rare fern that can only be found on six trees at its summit.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.