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quiubosimone

Artist / Writer / Teacher. Will rapidly and alarmingly pull over for cool plants, colourful rocks, cemeteries, and megaliths.

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Huehuetlán, Mexico

Sótano de las Golondrinas (Cave of Swallows)

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

Chichen Itza, Mexico

Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Tre

Shanklin, England

Shanklin Chine

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

Added by vivianlefay

Oxford, England

Pitt Rivers Museum

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Waitomo, New Zealand

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

michelle

Added by michelle

Kaneohe, Hawaii

Ha'iku Stairs

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Genki

Dzitnup, Mexico

Cenote Xkeken

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

serflac

Added by serflac

Socotra Island

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

tralfamadore

Added by tralfamadore

Cherrapunjee, India

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

bertieinindia

Added by bertieinindia

Petite Ceinture

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Allison

Added by Allison

Giant Crystals of Naica

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

Dylan

Crater Lake, Oregon

Crater Lake

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

canuck

Added by canuck

New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Laveau's Tomb

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Orchard Park, New York

Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

ThatOneGuy

Added by ThatOneGuy

Calhan, Colorado

Paint Mines Interpretive Park

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

larkspurtile

Added by larkspurtile

Aksaray, Turkey

Cappadocia

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Added by jessiedevin

Bodmin, England

Bodmin Jail

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

Added by Vordenius

Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Wiltshire, England

Avebury

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Dunwich, England

The Lost Town of Dunwich

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

London, England

Pelicans of St James's Park

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Added by duncanchappell

London, England

Stables Market

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Piedrasmagicas

Added by Piedrasmagicas

Cheddar, England

The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Added by nitikp

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Added by ekoptev