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Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.

An architectural gem nestled into a promontory overlooking a prehistoric landscape.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.

A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

The two massive guns that defended Cartagena Bay.

A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.

Geological storytelling.

Walls of stone rise up from sinkholes caused by underwater erosion.

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.