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Ludvika, Sweden

The Tuben or "Elk Showers"

Tiny Swedish village with a distinct local phenomenon known as an "Elk Shower."
Lee Vining, California

Mono Lake

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Bahamas

Great Isaac Cay

Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.
Mexico

Undersea Brine Lake

A lake at the bottom of the ocean.
Hauts Plateaux, Cameroon

Man & Woman Lakes

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.
San Antonio, Mexico

La Lobera

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.
Urfa, Turkey

Balıklıgöl

A sacred lake with thousands of sacred carp and a biblical history.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Morning Glory Pool

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
East Sussex, England

Beachy Head

England's most notorious suicide spot.
Bodo, Norway

Saltstraumen Maelstrom

World's strongest whirlpool.
Komiža, Croatia

Blue Cave of Bisevo

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Rangalifinolhu, Maldives

Ithaa Undersea Restaurant

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.
Hampi, India

Hampi

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Sigiriya

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Kish, Iran

Kariz-e-Kish

Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.
Bloomington, Minnesota

The Mall of America

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Tokyo, Japan

Zauo

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Center of the Universe

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.
Butte, Montana

The Berkeley Pit

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Antarctica

Lake Vostok

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.
Antarctica

Blood Falls

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Denizli, Turkey

Pamukkale Water Terraces

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia

Caño Cristales

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

Loughareema

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.