Bolinas, California
Alamere Falls
This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.
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Bolinas, California
This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Koloa, Hawaii
A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Antarctica
Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.
Antarctica
Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.
Bouvet Island
This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
West Bay, Cayman Islands
Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Negril, Jamaica
Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.
Delices, Dominica
This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.
Sucre, Venezuela
Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Gran Sabana, Venezuela
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Arequipa, Peru
Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Zipaquira, Colombia
Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.
El Peñol, Colombia
A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia
An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."