Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

An ancient rock engraving shows Aboriginals used their advanced knowledge of the stars to hunt and gather.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

Most polluted lake in the world, used as a radioactive dumping ground for years.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

Five mile wide circular ring of rock in the Russian Far East is a curious geological oddity.