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This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

Death road of Bolivia.

Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Bohemian paradise covered in majestic forests.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.