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The Sunken Glass-Bottom Boat in the CaribbeanMost Caribbean attractions are built to attract attention, yet the wreck of a former glass-bottom tour boat off Cozumel works by doing almost nothing. Resting…
The Cactus Garden Of Lanzarote, SpainOn the northern side of Lanzarote, near the small village of Guatiza, an abandoned volcanic quarry has been transformed into one of the Canary Islands’ most…
Harbin’s Ice And Snow Festival In A City Of LightHarbin’s annual ice and snow celebration turns the northern Chinese city into a vast winter gallery. Huge castles, illuminated towers and sculpted animals rise…
Methuselah and the Ancient Trees of California’s White MountainsHigh in California’s White Mountains stands Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine regarded as the oldest known individual tree on Earth. Its age is…
Meghalaya’s Living Root Bridges Are Forests You Can Walk AcrossIn the hills of Meghalaya, bridges grow rather than arrive by truck. Khasi and Jaintia communities guide the aerial roots of rubber fig trees across streams,…
Salar de Uyuni: Bolivia’s Vast Salt Flat LandscapeSalar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia is one of the planet’s most extraordinary landscapes: a blinding expanse of white salt stretching across the Altiplano.…
The bioluminescent surf in the MaldivesAfter sunset, a Maldivian beach can appear to fill with blue stars. Each breaking wave leaves behind a brief electric glow, while footprints and swirls in the…
The Abandoned Amusement Park of Nara DreamlandNara is famous for temple roofs, stone lanterns and deer wandering through Nara Park, yet its strangest modern landmark was once several kilometres away from…
Volcano boarding on Cerro Negro, NicaraguaVolcano boarding on Cerro Negro, Nicaragua, combines a trek across an active volcanic landscape with a fast descent on a sandboard. The roughly 900-metre cone…
The sunken cathedral beneath Lake TiticacaLake Titicaca can look like a vast blue plain until a small boat reaches the shore beyond Puno, where reflected light and dark stone form a building-like…