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Regular fireflies. Just use your imagination.

Hendersonville, North Carolina

Blue Ghost Fireflies

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Bloody Bay Coral Wall

Little Cayman, Cayman Islands

Bloody Bay Coral Wall

A glowing underwater cliff attracts marine life and divers in equal measure.

Cave of Hercules, Toledo, Spain.

Toledo, Spain

Cave of Hercules

This ancient Roman cistern has been the source of many legends throughout the centuries.

Pretty nice for an infrastructure accident!

Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The Lost Close tasting room

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Lost Close

An underground venue, buried for 200 years, now open as a unique whisky tasting venue.

The Loge La Vertu.

Leiden, Netherlands

Masonic Temple Loge La Vertu

One of the oldest masonic temples in the Netherlands, built in 1757.

Habsburg Imperial Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Habsburg Imperial Crypt

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Buford, Wyoming: Population 0

Buford, Wyoming

Buford, Wyoming: Population 0

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Photo by Héctor Gutiérrez Guzmán, via Flickr CC

Juan Fernández, Chile

Robinson Crusoe Island

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

The Payphone at the Edge of the Forest

Altadena, California

The Payphone at the Edge of the Forest

Beside a lonely road winding into the hills overlooking Altadena, sits a portal that urges callers to embrace humanity‘s innermost expression: Goodbye

The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool

Hamelin Pool, Australia

The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

Ancient swamp was likely centered at 17th and L Streets NW

Washington, D.C.

D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

Pont Julien

Bonnieux, France

Pont Julien

From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.

Helium Time Columns Monument

Amarillo, Texas

Helium Time Columns Monument

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

Newgrange

Dowth, Ireland

Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The Time Capsule of Ushuaia

Ushuaia, Argentina

The Time Capsule of Ushuaia

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

Iron Pillar of Delhi

New Delhi, India

Iron Pillar of Delhi

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

An aerial view of Serpent Mound in the fall.

Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Hueco Tanks

El Paso, Texas

Hueco Tanks

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

A view of the Chicxulub impact site from space.

Chicxulub, Mexico

Chicxulub Crater

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

The repository seal.

Nye, Nevada

Yucca Mountain Repository

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Goats lined up for sale.

Kashi Diqu, China

Kashgar Livestock Market

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

Entering the Mormon Archives, Stewart Brand Center, photo by Alexander Rose.

Sandy, Utah

Mormon Genealogical Archives

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

The alien landscape

Devon Island, Nunavut

Haughton Impact Crater

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

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