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The Mysterious Stone Spheres of Costa RicaDeep in southern Costa Rica, perfectly rounded stones sit among tropical forests, archaeological sites and banana plantations. Their smooth surfaces and…
Big Daddy And The Sand Sea Of SossusvleiSossusvlei is one of Namibia’s most recognisable landscapes: a vast basin of white clay, rust-red dunes and ancient camel-thorn trees framed by the Namib…
The Festival of the Burning Man in Black Rock DesertEach year, a temporary city rises from the Nevada desert and disappears again, leaving little behind but stories, photographs and a vast stretch of empty…
The Fairy Chimneys Of Cappadocia, TurkeyCappadocia looks as though a landscape artist has been given permission to ignore ordinary geology. Across central Turkey, pale valleys are crowded with…
Forgotten Tracks in Khao Yai's JungleDeep within Khao Yai National Park, an abandoned railway tunnel lies swallowed by tropical forest. The structure dates back to an unfinished early-20th-century…
Rainbow Stripes on the Andes: A Trek to Vinicunca in PeruHigh in the Peruvian Andes, a mountain looks as though someone has dragged a giant paintbrush across its slopes. Crimson, ochre, turquoise and gold run in…
Grenada's Underwater Sculpture Park: A Sunken Caribbean GalleryJust north of Grenada's capital, in the shallow waters of Molinere Bay, a circle of life-size human figures stands silently on the sandy ocean floor. They are…
The Fire-Breathing Dragon on a Norwegian MountainRising above a windswept ridge in western Norway, a massive steel dragon curls around the rocks and shoots flames toward the sky. Few sculptures feel as alive,…
Inside Colombia’s underground salt cathedralBeneath the Colombian town of Zipaquirá, a former salt mine has been transformed into one of South America’s most unusual places of worship. The Salt Cathedral…
Where ancient spires meet the first light over central MyanmarBefore the sun breaches the dusty horizon above Myanmar's central plain, the skyline of Bagan begins to stir with sandalled feet crossing old brick. A pale…