Houston, Texas
Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
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Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Sarandë District, Albania
A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Montezuma, New Mexico
A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.
Mount Dandenong, Australia
A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.
Qujing, China
This quiet area of Yunnan Province annually transforms into an unbelievable sea of yellow flowers.
Kaycee, Wyoming
The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Sligo, Ireland
A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.
Crossville, Tennessee
This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Taichung City, Taiwan
Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.
Höganäs, Sweden
Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Cvikov, Czechia
The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.
Palm Springs, California
An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.
Auerstedt, Germany
Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.
Playa Blanca, Spain
A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.
Prague, Czechia
A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.
Dresden, Germany
When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.
Australia
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.