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dylanmmurphy

I recycle, ride my bike and eat vegetarian. Most of the time. Current State Employee with my Masters in Environmental Studies, who dabbles in Android development.

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Richfield Springs, New York

Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

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Cave City, Kentucky

Dinosaur World

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

Ennetbürgen, Switzerland

Hammetschwand Elevator

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

JEmerling

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Borgloon, Belgium

Reading Between The Lines

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

EricGrundhauser

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Wistman's Wood

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

EricGrundhauser

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Tulcan, Ecuador

Tulcán Municipal Cemetery

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

EricGrundhauser

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Nariño, Colombia

Las Lajas Sanctuary

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

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Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain

Castellfollit de la Roca

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

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Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain

Setenil De Las Bodegas

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

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Hanging Houses of Cuenca

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

Rachel

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Pont-en-Royans, France

Suspended Houses of Pont-en-Royans

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

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Iglesias, Italy

Nebida Laveria

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

serflac

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Sant'Agata Dé Goti, Italy

Sant'Agata de' Goti

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

EricGrundhauser

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Province of Matera, Italy

The Village of Craco

An Italian hillside ghost town.

serflac

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Tepoztlán, Mexico

El Tepozteco

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

Added by ZacharySenn

Namib Sand Sea

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

Allison

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Experimental Breeder Reactor-I

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Added by kondorqueen

Relampago del Catatumbo

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Park of the Sleepless (El Parque de los Desvelados)

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

serflac

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Baku, Azerbaijan

Yanar Dağ (Fire Mountain)

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

Added by Tawsam

Rodina-Mat : Mother Motherland

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Dampo

The Gates of Hell

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Dylan

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Added by laurajok

Longyou Caves

Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.