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Nimrochill

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Ciampate del Diavolo

Foresta, Italy

Ciampate del Diavolo (Devil's Footprints)

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

Canyon de Chelly

Chinle, Arizona

Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

Michelangelo doodles better than you do

Florence, Italy

Michelangelo’s Hidden Drawings

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The Winganon Space Capsule

Talala, Oklahoma

Winganon Space Capsule

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

Haunted Curiosity Cabinet
Permanently Closed

DeLand, Florida

The Haunted Antique Shop and Paranormal Museum

A spirited shopping experience.

Chinese New Year Meal Miniature, San Francisco 1940s

San Francisco, California

Chinese Historical Society of America

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

 Ilha da Queimada Grande (Snake Island)

Brazil

Snake Island (Ilha da Queimada Grande)

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

The portrait of Mr. Kaor.

Volendam, Netherlands

Mr. Kaor's Portrait

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

General Grant

Hume, California

General Grant

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Copper Peak Ski Jump

Ironwood, Michigan

Copper Peak Ski Jump

The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.

Thotlakonda

Visakhapatnam, India

Thotlakonda

These hilltop ruins of a forgotten Buddhist monastery flourished in Antiquity from trade with the Roman Empire.

Witches' Tree - Louisville, KY

Louisville, Kentucky

The Witches' Tree

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

The causeway from Wakering Stairs.

Southend-on-Sea, England

The Broomway

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

On the upper floor of the McDonald's.

Subotica, Serbia

World’s Only Art Nouveau McDonald’s

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.

Potash evaporation ponds

Moab, Utah

Potash Evaporation Ponds

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The view from Jaja Ding Dong.

Húsavík, Iceland

Jaja Ding Dong

A real-life homage to the Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell's fictional Eurovision musical duo.

Stone penis.

Pompeii, Italy

Stone Phalluses of Pompeii

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Long exposure image of bioluminescence of Noctiluca scintillans in the yacht port of Zeebrugge, Belgium

Somalia

The Milky Seas

The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.

Waitomo, New Zealand

Waitomo, New Zealand

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The Firefly Squid of Toyama Bay

Namerikawa, Japan

The Firefly Squid of Toyama Bay

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Gippsland Lakes Bioluminescence

Raymond Island, Australia

Gippsland Lakes Bioluminescence

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

Glowing model of Motyxia sequoiae.

Three Rivers, California

Glowing Millipedes of Sequoia National Park

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Kampung Kuantan Fireflies Park

Bestari Jaya, Malaysia

Kampung Kuantan Fireflies Park

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

Glistening Waters

Falmouth, Jamaica

Glistening Waters

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

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