Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
Vale da Lua
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
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Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
Stazzema, Italy
A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.
Malham, England
A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Madrid, Spain
A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.
Cave City, Kentucky
Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.
Oregon
Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.
Ubar, Oman
Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."
Muscat, Oman
This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.
Dooey, Ireland
A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Tangier, Morocco
Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.
Garenin, Scotland
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Ávila, Spain
These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.
Chacala, Mexico
Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.
Yerington, Nevada
Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.
Prasat Sambour, Cambodia
More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.
Jiuquan, China
Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.
Papantla, Mexico
The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.
Wilkieston, Scotland
Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.
Buduruwagala, Sri Lanka
Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.