Rapa Nui, Chile
Kotepokouri Rano Kau
A volcanic crater that visitors can look inside.
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Rapa Nui, Chile
A volcanic crater that visitors can look inside.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Mauritania
A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.
Waimangu, New Zealand
The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.
Onekotan Island, Russia
A remote and picturesque volcano nestled inside another volcano.
Barbate, Spain
This 16th-century watchtower once defended Spain's Atlantic coast from pirates.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Sisian, Armenia
Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.
North Macedonia
This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.
Callanish, Scotland
The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.
San Francisco, California
San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
Hassan, India
This is no regular fort! It’s a star.
Athens, Greece
These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam
World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Aracena, Spain
An underground spring in a labyrinthine cave system, decorated with stalagmites and stalactites.
Dioš, Croatia
Built in 1904 as a lavish gift for a daughter, it is one of Croatia's youngest and most architecturally unique castles, blending Art Nouveau with neo-Gothic elements.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Ngari Prefecture, China
A pilgrimage around a forbidden peak sacred to four faiths.
Seville, Spain
This giant sculpture recalls a famous passage from “Alice in Wonderland.”
Warsaw, Poland
This alluring underground library, hidden in a suburban Metro station, features a Space Age aesthetic and its own hydroponic garden.
Chonchi, Chile
A wooden dock art installation on Chiloé Island taps into the island's indigenous mythology.
Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
Sochi, Russia
These limestone cliffs are associated with the Greek myth of Prometheus.
Kuşadası, Turkey
This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.