Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Brazil
A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.
Raymond Island, Australia
Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Hitachinaka, Japan
Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.