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This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.