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In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."