Chattanooga, Tennessee
Raccoon Mountain Caverns
More than five miles of underground passageways.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Kershaw, South Carolina
Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.
Crater Lake, Oregon
A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Juneau, Alaska
Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico
The stoutest tree in the world.
Calistoga, California
The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Adak, Alaska
America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Auerstedt, Germany
Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Gilroy, California
Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Cherrapunjee, India
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Galway, Ireland
The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.
Casorzo, Italy
A cherry tree growing atop a mulberry tree.
Athens, Georgia
A white oak with property rights.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.