Places Edited by Ursula

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

In Namibia there is an installation that explores the intertwined linguistics and existential beliefs of an imaginary community.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

Welded sphere dropped from space.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.