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Peneda-Gerês and the Castle on the CliffThe Cliffside Castle of Peneda-Gerês, Portugal, rises above the village of Peneda in a landscape of granite ridges, deep valleys and fast mountain streams. The…
The festival of the running of the bulls in PamplonaEvery July, Pamplona in Navarra turns its compact old quarter into one of Europe’s loudest street celebrations. The Festival of the Running of the Bulls, known…
Bodie, California: A ghost town above the cloudsHigh in Mono County, on California’s Sierra Nevada side, Bodie occupies a sagebrush plateau 2,800 metres above sea level. Weathered timber buildings sit…
The world’s largest geode at Pulpí, SpainDeep inside a disused mine outside Pulpí, in Almería province, lies a violet-lined chamber often presented as the world’s largest geode. Its immense curved…
A celestial blue river hidden in Costa Rica’s jungleThe hot spring river in the jungle of Costa Rica is usually known as Río Celeste, a startling turquoise stream inside Tenorio Volcano National Park in the…
The Man-Made Islands Of Dubai From AboveFrom the ground, Dubai’s coastline can look like a wall of towers, hotels and busy roads. Seen from above, it becomes something stranger: a geometric landscape…
Inside Bolivia’s abandoned steam locomotive graveyardRusted locomotives stand in a loose congregation on the blinding-white edge of Salar de Uyuni, their boilers, wheels and cabs emerging from decades of…
The Balloon Festival in Albuquerque, New MexicoEvery October, the high desert east of Albuquerque fills with a slow, silent armada of hot-air balloons. The city’s official event, the Albuquerque…
Driving through New Zealand’s living tunnel of treesThe first surprise of driving through a tunnel of trees in New Zealand is that there is no tunnel cut into rock. Near Kaimaumau in Northland, State Highway 12…
The alien-looking tree of life in BahrainOn Muharraq island, a lone tree rises from pale, salt-streaked ground with the startled presence of something stranded from another world. Its fractured limbs…