Clermont-Ferrand, France
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
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Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.
Crater Lake, Oregon
A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Newark, California
From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
Iceland
Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
Pacifica, California
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Iceland
A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
California
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's largest model of our planetary system.
Naalehu, Hawaii
A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
L'Alt Empordà, Spain
At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.
Rapid City, South Dakota
A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.