This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

Terrapins of all colors and shapes are quick to bring fascination (and possibly long life) at this museum.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.

The unique ecosystem atop an Australian mountain is home to some colorful inhabitants.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

An underground city of salt.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.