Sossusvlei, Namibia
Dead Vlei
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
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Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Namibia
A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.
Windhoek, Namibia
Welded sphere dropped from space.
Namibia
Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
Australia
This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
Seringes-et-Nesles, France
This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.
Dénezé-sous-Doué, France
Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.
Savonnières, France
Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.
Syracuse, Italy
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Stromboli, Italy
A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.
Venice, Italy
A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.
Hiiu Parish, Estonia
This small Estonian hill is covered in hand-made twig crosses that are said to bring good luck.
Vardo, Norway
The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.
Ongar, England
This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.
Russia
Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.
Iceland
A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.
Höfn, Iceland
This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.