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Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia

Woomera Ground Zero for British Atomic Tests

This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.
Wembley, Alberta

Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

Alberta's Pipestone Creek Bonebed is one of the densest fossil sites in the world. This nearby museum showcases some of the best finds from its "river of death."
Playa Herradura, Costa Rica

Playa Blanca Underwater Museum

These submerged sculptures create a new habitat for marine life and exciting diving experience.
Caiguna, Australia

Caiguna Blowhole

One of the breathing caves of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.
Great Yarmouth, England

Tyrolean Tubtwist

This freewheeling amusement ride is the last of its kind.
Imperial, Missouri

Mastodon State Historic Site

More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.
Denmark, Australia

Denmark Fairy Doors Trail

This magical trail takes visitors on a journey round miniature wooden houses on the picturesque Denmark River.
Brewarrina, Australia

Brewarrina Fish Traps

These Aboriginal fish traps are among the oldest human constructions in the world.
Opalton, Australia

Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways

These tracks are believed to be from a panicked dinosaur stampede.
Adelaide, Australia

Grave of the Tamam Shud Man

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
Leonora, Australia

Gwalia Ghost Town

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.
Ularring, Australia

Inside Australia

A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.
Brisbane, Australia

The Pitch Drop Experiment

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.
Purnululu, Australia

Bungle Bungle Range

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.
Mount Surprise, Australia

Undara Lava Tubes

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.
Katoomba, Australia

Three Sisters

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Australia

Horizontal Falls

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.
Port Campbell, Australia

Loch Ard Gorge

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.
Australia

Ball's Pyramid

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
Katoomba, Australia

The Giant Stairway

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.
Australia

Lake Hillier

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Lakeside, Colorado

Lakeside Amusement Park

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.
Gasquet, California

Darlingtonia Trail

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.
Horse Cave, Kentucky

Hidden River Cave

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.