Kuta Alam, Indonesia
Tsunami 'Noah's Ark'
After a 2004 tsunami, this stranded boat was left in place.
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Kuta Alam, Indonesia
After a 2004 tsunami, this stranded boat was left in place.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
Rangalifinolhu, Maldives
An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.
Holtålen, Norway
Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.
Alofi, Niue
A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.
Vaitogi, American Samoa
Rocky cove with large smashing waves tied to an important Samoan cultural story.
Haixi, China
Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.
Qeshm, Iran
One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.
Wadi Rum Village, Jordan
Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Yonaguni, Japan
The Yonaguni Monument, a natural formation or the Japanese Atlantis?
Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey
While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Oga, Japan
A natural resemblance of the monster of film lore.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Nye County, Nevada
Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.
Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Puerto Inca, Peru
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Lee, Massachusetts
Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."
Alatskivi, Estonia
A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.
London, England
Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.
Nashville, Tennessee
This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.