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View of Cidade Velha from the fortress.

Cidade Velha, Cabo Verde

Forte Real de São Filipe

The defense built to protect one of the last found pieces of land on Earth.

Hotel Puntagrande

El Hierro, Spain

Hotel Puntagrande

Teeny tiny hotel on the coast of the Canary Islands.

The stone man can be seen on the side of the cliff, looking out over the island.

La Palma, Spain

Stone Man of Pico de la Fuente Nueva

A rocky face gazes out over an enormous volcanic crater.

Roque Idafe.

La Palma, Spain

Roque Idafe (Idafe Rock)

Indigenous cultures believed all life would end if this enormous rock toppled.

The pools.

La Palma, Spain

La Fajana Natural Pools

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

Porís de Candelaria

El Jesús, Spain

Porís de Candelaria

A small fishing village hidden inside a rocky cave overlooking the sea

Sunken crosses.

La Palma, Spain

Sunken Crosses of Malpique

This underwater graveyard commemorates a group of murdered 16th-century missionaries.

Salinas de Janubio

Las Breñas, Spain

Salinas de Janubio

A stunning example of traditional salt production set against a dramatic volcanic landscape.

The Green Lagoon.

Yaiza, Spain

Green Lagoon

This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.

Cueva Volcánica de Orchilla (Orchilla Lava Tube)

El Hierro, Spain

Cueva Volcánica de Orchilla (Orchilla Lava Tube)

An untouched lava tube accessible to the adventurers.

Lush greenery on El Hierro

El Hierro, Spain

El Hierro

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

Timanfaya National Park

Tinajo, Spain

Timanfaya National Park

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

Abandoned Hospital San Juan de Dios

Granada, Nicaragua

Abandoned Hospital San Juan de Dios

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.

Boiling Mud Pools of San Jacinto

San Jacinto, Nicaragua

Boiling Mud Pools of San Jacinto

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

La Chureca

Managua, Nicaragua

La Chureca

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

Beer tasting at the brewery.

Longyearbyen, Norway

Svalbard Bryggeri

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

White radar domes of SvalSat

Svalbard, Norway

Svalbard Satellite Station

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

Kesha the "fox."

Barentsburg, Norway

Barentsburg

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

August 2021.

El Trapiche, Panama

Coiba Island Penal Colony

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

Scala del Paradiso

Como, Italy

Scala del Paradiso

This trail was once used to smuggle cigarettes, sugar, and other black market goods between Italy and Switzerland.

Hendrix's bedroom.

London, England

Handel & Hendrix in London

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

Behold! The oldest door in Britain!!

London, England

Britain’s Oldest Door

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

Trellick Tower

London, England

Trellick Tower

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

Rows of railings.

London, England

London's Stretcher Railings

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

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