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Decatur, Georgia

Ferns of the World

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

jessemiers

Added by jessemiers

Mexico City, Mexico

La Posada del Sol

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

EdgarMedina

Added by EdgarMedina

San Martín Tilcajete, Mexico

Alebrijes of San Martín Tilcajete

This Oaxacan town is known for its colorful fantastical creatures hand-carved by local artisans.

linkogecko

Added by linkogecko

Guapi, Colombia

Gorgona Island Prison Ruins

This maximum-security prison was abandoned to make way for a national park.

Added by pipeafcr

Yerevan, Armenia

The Matenadaran

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

Added by armeniapedia

Lofoten Islands

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

atimian

Added by atimian

Guapi, Colombia

Blue Anoles of Gorgona Island

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.

Added by pipeafcr

Santa Catalina, Colombia

The Volcan de Lodo El Totumo

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Added by Joseph Alexiou

Leticia, Colombia

Parque Santander

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

quiubosimone

Added by quiubosimone

Ocaña, Colombia

Column of the Freedom of the Slaves

Colombia’s only monument erected to mark the end of slavery in the former Republic of New Granada.

Added by pipeafcr

Mmatshumo, Botswana

Kubu Island

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

melaniejanevanzyl

Added by melaniejanevanzyl

Pietrapertosa, Italy

Volo dell'Angelo

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Stockholm, Sweden

Nobel Ice Cream

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

Anne Ewbank

Added by Anne Ewbank

Forest of the Future Library

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Santa Marta, Colombia

Ciudad Perdida

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Meg

Green Lake

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.

Kergin

Added by Kergin

Choco, Colombia

Darien Gap

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

ronin

Vista Hermosa, Colombia

Caño Cristales

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