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See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

On Keriri/Hammond Island, a marker shares the story of an imprisoned woman and the island she saved and that eventually saved her—in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

It's home to the taxidermy remains of Peter, the dog who helped convict a murderer.

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.