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johnsongeographic

I'm a American living and writing in South Africa. A lifelong explorer and aspirational beach bum, I love discovering all the weird and wonderful places of earth.

https://johnsongeographic.wordpress.com/

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Cobham, England

Painshill Park Follies

Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.

Added by mondoagogo

Blood Falls

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

matthewwarrenlee

Added by matthewwarrenlee

Trolltunga

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Saturnia, Italy

Terme di Saturnia

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

serflac

Added by serflac

Gruta Do Lago Azul (Blue Lake Grotto)

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

Dylan

Kaycee, Wyoming

Hole-in-the Wall Outlaw Hideout

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

jrlewi

Added by jrlewi

Shackleton's Antarctic Hut

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

San Jose, California

Drawbridge

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Added by dsjas297

Wiltshire, England

Longleat Hedge Maze

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain

Castells of Catalonia

Living towers made of people that are now recognized by UNESCO.

bradenh83

Added by bradenh83

Anacapri, Italy

Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto)

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Cannonball of the Hotel de Sens

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

Largs, Scotland

Kelburn Castle

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

Zunil, Guatemala

Las Fuentes Georginas

Volcanically heated hot springs.

serflac

Added by serflac

Grantham, England

The Francis Trigge Chained Library

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Săpânța, Romania

The Merry Cemetery

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

Dylan