Castle Valley, Utah
Fisher Towers
These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.
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Castle Valley, Utah
These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
A hidden tidal pool that transforms into a frothy natural jacuzzi.
Nefta, Tunisia
A stunning basket-shaped oasis supplies water to one of Tunisia's holiest cities.
Kikori, Papua New Guinea
Pristine natural wonders and unique cultural diversity, way off the beaten path.
Woodville, Alabama
This massive cave is a sight to behold.
Badajoz, Spain
This perfectly conical hill in the La Serena reservoir is humorously known as Europe's Largest Roundabout.
Yarrangobilly, Australia
A naturally heated pool steaming in the wild heart of Kosciuszko National Park.
Doagh Beg, Ireland
An incredible natural formation along the Wild Atlantic Way.
Kula, Turkey
Stand on the rim of a dormant volcano and gaze across a vast ash plain frozen in time.
Naruto, Japan
The famed natural wonder that gave its name to a fishcake as well as one of the most popular anime series of all time.
Burabay, Kazakhstan
A pocket of pine forests, healing lakes, and legendary rocks rising from Kazakhstan’s endless steppe.
North Walpole, Australia
A forest pool so dark and frothy it's earned the nickname the natural cappuccino.
Madagascar
The Great Tsingy has a smaller, rose-colored cousin.
Tatev, Armenia
A natural bridge formed by limestone travertines in Armenia's Vorotan River Canyon.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Sierra Bullones, Philippines
Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Mialet, France
This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.
Waipu, New Zealand
A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.
Ecuador
This cave system allegedly holds the "metallic library" of a lost ancient civilization.
Tangier, Morocco
Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.
Castellana Grotte, Italy
The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.