Provincia de Bongará, Peru
Gocta Waterfall
One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Provincia de Bongará, Peru
One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
Yucca Valley, California
A meditative space out of a fantasy story.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Rufisque, Senegal
This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Jincheng, Taiwan
The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.
Somalia
The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.
San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico
This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.
Lahore, Pakistan
These stairs were built to accommodate royals mounted on elephants.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
St. Gallen, Switzerland
This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.
New Iberia, Louisiana
A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Nassau, Bahamas
The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.
Vila de São Jorge, Brazil
These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.
Puerto Inca, Peru
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Peru
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Improvement District No. 24, Alberta
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
Tlell, British Columbia
Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.
Raufarhöfn, Iceland
This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.