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Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

Bits of flat terrain surrounded by cliffs make one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Azores.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

An 18th-century hideout became a permanent and ongoing residence for one Lesotho tribe.

The walls of this sandstone outcropping are covered with 2,000-year-old artwork.

A newspaper editor turned this abandoned island into a tortoise nature preserve that's now the world's smallest national park.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

Surrounded by ash fields in Iceland, an impossibly verdant valley looks like something out of a fairytale.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

A seemingly desolate park that belongs to two countries actually supports all kinds of wildlife.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.