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Geology

Pekina, Australia

Magnetic Hill

When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...

Socotra Island

Socotra Island

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Boonsboro, Maryland

Crystal Grottoes Caverns

Bizarre Cavern.

Bloomington, Indiana

The Garret

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

Grand Saline, Texas

The Salt Palace

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

Garni Gorge

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

The river Rubicon flowing through the cave

Remouchamps, Belgium

Caves of Remouchamps

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

Sami

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

Richat Structure

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

Mir mine.

Mir Diamond Mine

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

Plaster cast of a dog at Pompeii.

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.