Nicaragua
Cerro Negro
The youngest volcano in Central America.
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Nicaragua
The youngest volcano in Central America.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Crater Lake, Oregon
A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.
Gran Sabana, Venezuela
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Leasburg, Missouri
Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Devon Island, Nunavut
The closest thing to Mars on Earth.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
GrindavĂk, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant