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Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Chicago, Illinois

North Avenue Baths Facade

Former bath house turns gastropub.
Wuppertal, Germany

Schwebebahn Wuppertal

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Cancún, Mexico

Museo Subacuático de Arte

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.
Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Saturnia, Italy

Terme di Saturnia

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Yamanouchi, Japan

Jigokudani Monkey Park

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Yosemite National Park, California

Horsetail Fall's Firefall

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Sponsored by Visit California
Aurland, Norway

Aurland Lookout

A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.
Ziyang, China

Jiuzhaigou Valley

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.
Shibam, Yemen

Shibam

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."
Marble Canyon, Arizona

The Wave

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Mammoth Lakes, California

Devils Postpile National Monument

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Inyo County, California

Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Sponsored by Visit California
Sierra Bullones, Philippines

Chocolate Hills

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months
Needham, Massachusetts

Martini Junction

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Boston, Massachusetts

Museum of Bad Art

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.