Russia
Ulakhan-Sis Range
A remote Arctic mountain range is home to "granite cities" found almost nowhere else.
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Russia
A remote Arctic mountain range is home to "granite cities" found almost nowhere else.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Visit Taiwan’s badlands, which allows visitors to feel like they’re walking on the moon.
Pungo Andongo, Angola
These giant volcanic rocks towering above the Angolan savannah once served as a natural fortification.
Sweden
A mysterious stone staircase deep in the Swedish woods, said to have been made by trolls.
Lohja, Finland
Descend 100 meters underground to explore Finland’s mining history.
Kula, Turkey
Stand on the rim of a dormant volcano and gaze across a vast ash plain frozen in time.
Madagascar
The Great Tsingy has a smaller, rose-colored cousin.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
This cave column thousands of feet below the earth’s surface is rightly named for one of the most colorful park rangers in history.
Alaior, Spain
Abandoned limestone quarry from the 19th century, now a man-made canyon reclaimed by nature.
Füssen, Germany
Two unremarkable-looking rocks on a cobblestone street are actually ancient wanderers; one a 150-million-year-old limestone, the other a 1.8-billion-year-old granite.
Regina, French Guiana
Islands of granite rise above the rainforest canopy to form unique microbiomes in a remote French territory.
Kawasaki, Japan
The bamboo that helped Thomas Edison develop a longlasting lightbulb.
Alishan, Taiwan
You can still see the remains of a sacred 3,000-year-old cypress.
Kodaira, Japan
Home to a garden of poisonous plants and the only legal cannabis and opium farms in Tokyo.
Naboutini, Fiji
This garden boasts a magnificent collection of orchids and a spectacular view of the surrounding valley.
Santiago, Mexico
Tucked away in a secluded canyon, this hidden hot spring’s thermal waters have been soothing soakers for generations.
Llanwrthwl, Wales
In the middle of a Welsh field, a replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is made out of living branches.
Dinoša, Montenegro
Water gushes from the trunk of this miraculous mulberry tree about once a year.
Albertinia, South Africa
A larger-than-life representation of the humble aloe plant.
Tulare County, California
The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.
Visalia, California
Far out of its comfort zone, this sequoia was planted as a symbol of the connection between Visalia and its neighboring national park.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Mysterious markers have been giving the public a lesson in dendrochronology for over a century.
Much Marcle, England
One of the oldest and most majestic living trees in Britain, thought to be over 1,500 years old.
Gyeongju, South Korea
From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.