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Bahrain

Shajarat-al-Hayat (Tree of Life)

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.
Kemi, Finland

Kemi Snow Castle

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.
Kish, Iran

Kariz-e-Kish

Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.
Brooklyn, New York

Newtown Creek Nature Walk

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.
Jamestown, Rhode Island

Clingstone House

Eco-friendly island mansion.
New York, New York

Shinran Statue

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
New York, New York

Wall Street Bombing Scars

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
Curitiba, Brazil

Museu Oscar Niemeyer

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.
Prague, Czechia

Prague Metronome

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
New Canaan, Connecticut

Glass House

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
Birobidzhan, Russia

Birobidzhan

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.
Brussels, Belgium

Royal Greenhouses of Laeken

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Curitiba, Brazil

Curitiba Botanical Gardens

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.
Cornwall, England

The Eden Project

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Kathmandu, Nepal

Swayambhunath Monkey Temple

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.
Yamanouchi, Japan

Jigokudani Monkey Park

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.
Koro, Mali

Antogo Fishing Frenzy

Annual rush for a sacred desert lake's fish stock.
Jaipur, India

Hanuman’s Temple

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.
Highland, Scotland

Gruinard Island

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.
California

Farallon Islands

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
France

Clipperton Island

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.
Bandiagara, Mali

Bandiagara Escarpment Cliff Dwellings

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
Harpenden, England

Rothamsted Research

Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.