Las Vegas, Nevada
Tule Springs Fossil Beds
This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.
Wilsons Promontory, Australia
The spherical grains of white quartz sand give every step on this Australian beach a distinctive sound.
Yanakie, Australia
Only five people are buried in this tiny cemetery in Wilsons Promontory National Park.
Peru, Indiana
A set of tall pillars and alcove-like rooms that are significant to the Miami people of Indiana.
Ansó, Spain
Among the best preserved megalithic monuments in the Aragón river valley.
Acharnes, Greece
After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.
Shere, England
In 1329, Christine Carpenter entered this small stone cell in the hopes of becoming a living saint.
Bicheno, Australia
The burial place of this Tasmanian Aboriginal woman is a memorial that remembers the atrocities of colonialism.
Denio, Nevada
In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.
Gadoni, Italy
Greenery covers the face of a gently-dripping waterfall deep in the mountains of central Sardinia.
Santa Maria Navarrese, Italy
Packed with geological formations, an ancient river, and taxidermied seals, this overlooked coastal cave system is worth a spelunk.
Springdale, Utah
Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.
Aberystwyth, Wales
Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.
Zutendaal, Belgium
No shoes allowed on this trail, which is designed to be experienced barefoot.
Tacoma, Washington
A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.
Fraserburgh, Scotland
Believed to be the site where St. Drostan performed baptisms.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado
No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.
Chester, England
Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.
Parma, Italy
A completely underground tour following the path of the most precious element: water.
Annecy, France
A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.
King Salmon, Alaska
In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
Pierre-Châtel, France
According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.
Toti, Georgia
The oldest ruins at this castle overlooking Georgia's Terek River Valley date back to the 10th century.