An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

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

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.