Denizli, Turkey
Pamukkale Water Terraces
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
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Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Punakaiki, New Zealand
This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Coolidge, Arizona
Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.
South Island, New Zealand
The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Istanbul, Turkey
This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
West Glacier, Montana
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.