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Dumfries, Scotland

Dumfries Camera Obscura

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.
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El Salvador

Lago Coatepeque

A color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.
Michelle Cassidy Added by Michelle Cassidy
Helen, Washington

Hanford Reach National Monument

The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
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Delta Junction, Alaska

Castner Glacier Ice Cave

An icy behemoth that towers over you with a blue ice cave in the winter and a roaring creek in the summer.
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Pine, Arizona

Tonto Natural Bridge

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.
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Claremont, California

'Dividing the Light'

This public Skyspace created by artist James Turrell for his alma mater puts on a show every day at sunrise and sunset.
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New Orleans, Louisiana

Tiny Tombs

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.
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St. Charles, Illinois

Ghoulish Mortals

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
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San Francisco, California

William Westerfeld House

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.
Michelle Cassidy Added by Michelle Cassidy
Washington

Lake Chelan

A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.
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Blieskastel, Germany

Gollenstein

After Nazi forces smashed this 4,000-year-old Neolithic standing stone, locals banded together to restore it.
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Pentidattilo, Italy

Pentidattilo

A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.
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Shayyr, Kazakhstan

Kokkala Gorge

Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.
Michelle Cassidy Added by Michelle Cassidy
Sendai, Japan

Tomizawa Site (Underground Forest Museum)

A 20,000-year-old fossilized forest is preserved at this unique museum.
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North Rim, Arizona

Nankoweap Granaries

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.
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Kazakhstan

Aktau Mountains

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.
Michelle Cassidy Added by Michelle Cassidy
Koyulus, Kazakhstan

Ybykty Canyon

This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.
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San Lawrenz, Malta

The Azure Window and the Blue Hole

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grip the Raven

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
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Savonlinna, Finland

Olavinlinna

This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.
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Cedar Crest, New Mexico

Sandia Medallion Trees

Mysterious markers have been giving the public a lesson in dendrochronology for over a century.
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Hagerman, Idaho

Hagerman Fossil Beds

An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.
Sponsored by Visit Idaho
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Saint Maries, Idaho

Emerald Creek Garnet Area

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.
Sponsored by Visit Idaho
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Saint Charles, Idaho

Minnetonka Cave

Idaho’s largest, deepest limestone cave is known for its quirky rock formations and bat population.
Sponsored by Visit Idaho
Added by traceywilson