Natural Wonders

A harrowing trail up a mile-high mountain.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

The hottest place on the planet.

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The growing stones of Romania.

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Peak named for an old man who liked to run in the nude.

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.