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Sucre, Bolivia

Dinosaur Dance Floor

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.
Trona Pinnacles, San Bernardino County, CA 9/21/2016
Trona, California

Trona Pinnacles

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
Kunming, China

Chair of Bod

Large rock high in the mountains of Yunnan that is naturally shaped like a chair, complete with arms.
Tiznit Province, Morocco

Legzira Beach

Rocky Atlantic beach home to a stunning stone arch.
An aerial photo of Sand Mountain
Fallon, Nevada

Sand Mountain

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Cheddar gorge and caves.
Cheddar, England

The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum

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

Mungo National Park

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.
Merzouga, Morocco

Erg Chebbi

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.
Weird red landscape in the canyon
Las Vegas, Nevada

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia

Eaglehawk Neck Tessellated Pavement

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Kershaw, South Carolina

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.
Casper, Wyoming

Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.
Troglodyte dwellings in Iran's village of Kandovan.
Kandovan, Iran

Troglodyte Village of Kandovan

Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.
Artist's conception of the "Cryobot" and "Hydrobot."
Antarctica

Lake Vostok

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.
Natural Bridge, Virginia

The Natural Bridge

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Lohmen, Germany

The Bastei

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Museo Del Ambar (Amber Museum)

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.
Ytterby mine.
Stockholm, Sweden

Ytterby Mine

The single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world.