When dinosaurs walked - or in this case, swam - the earth, they reigned supreme. Now long dead, their remains lay hidden beneath layers of earth, waiting to be discovered. This one was lucky... »

Fascinating Fauna | Edited by TravelingHat, Dylan and others

Many places of worship are built around relics and icons. However, most of them are not built in such precarious and dangerous locations as Las Lajas Sanctuary, which crosses a forested gorge on... »

Curious Places of Worship | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

To fully appreciate what the Darién Gap represents, one must first learn about the Pan-American Highway. This highway stretches nearly 30,000 miles from the northern shore of Alaska to the... »

Horticultural Marvels | Edited by ronin and Nicholas Jackson

A massive stone rising over 650 feet out of the flat ground of Guatape, Colombia, the Piedra de Penol or El Peñon de Guatape was once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians. By the 1900s, the massive... »

Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Dylan and wythe

The story of the Cathedral of Salt of Zipaquira is certainly one of persistence. The original cathedral was carved out of an active salt mine beginning in 1950. Inaugurated in 1954, the cathedral... »

Wonders of Salt, Curious Places of Worship, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan

A unique biological wonder, Caño Cristales has been referred as the "river of five colors," "the river that ran away from paradise," and "the most beautiful river in the world." For most of... »

Watery Wonders, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by Dylan, retorno and 6 others