A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

An active seahorse farm is currently saving Tasmania's handfish from extinction.

Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A smoky doorway in Dakar leads to one of the city’s great communal eating experiences.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.