Venezuela
Relampago del Catatumbo
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
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Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Estella, Spain
A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.
Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland
The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Iceland
An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Hayward, Wisconsin
Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.
Manistique, Michigan
This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
Marikina, Philippines
Marikina's record-breaking loafers.
Grant, Oregon
This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.
Alton, Illinois
A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.
Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Talisay City, Philippines
A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.
Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.
Hinatuan, Philippines
A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.
Crystal Falls, Michigan
Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.