Wonders Of The World

This beach is covered in a type of seaweed called sueda, which turns a vibrant shade of red in the fall. Only a small section of the beach is open to the public.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Beach_(Panjin,_China)

The strange landscape of soft sandstone is only about a mile across and two miles long. The bizarre formations are a popular hiking trail in Utah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_Valley_State_Park

The Soviet Union bulldozed the area twice, but locals rebuilt it to be even bigger. Today, over 100,000 crosses stand on the hill, and it’s where many Lithuanians go to mourn those lost in the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Crosses

Created accidentally in 1964 after an energy company drilled down into geothermal waters, this geyser lies on private land at the edge of Black Rock Desert in Nevada The geyser erupts up to five feet high, and the mineral deposits left behind cause the rock around it to build at least several inches each year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Geyser

These were designed to protect England from a potential Nazi invasion during WWII. Today, they’re empty and provide an eerie silhouette over the ocean’s horizon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts

The animal figures and geometric shapes in this stone are quite mysterious. They are visible only from the air, and each shape was drawn in a single, continuous line.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_Lines

This is the work of Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázaba. The artist is known for his works associated with human suffering and many feel that this sculpture captures the feeling of loneliness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mano_del_Desierto

Socotra has incredible biodiversity, including plants and trees that are not found anywhere else in the world, including these peculiar trees.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra

These megalithic stone jars span across Xieng Khouang Province in clusters, ranging from 1-100 jars per are. One theory is that the huge cylindrical jars were used in ancient funeral ceremonies. However, local legend claims that the jars were used to brew wine for giants. We like that second theory better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_of_Jars

This forest is known as the “Bermuda Triangle” of Romania. Multiple people have gone missing in it,and many people have even spotted UFOs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoia_Forest

Also known as Spouting Horn, the surf in this area rushes int a sink hole and then shoots upwards with tremendous force.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17/thors-well-oregon_n_5146466.html

This is a network of old quarry tunnels beneath the city and the final resting place of around six million Parisians. Most are anonymous, taken from the city’s overcrowded graveyards in former centuries. Now, tourists can walk through the creepy underground graveyard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris

Shrunken heads, skulls, and flesh are all wares sold at this market. These are supplies used by those who practice the indigenous religions of the country.

http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/akodessewa-fetish-market-africas-voodoo-supermarket.html

Okunoshima is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is often called Usagi Shima ("Rabbit Island") because of the numerous feral rabbits that roam the island; they are rather tame and will approach humans

The island used develop chemical weapons and the theory is that the bunnies where let loose from these facilities and reproduced with no apparent predators on the island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Ckunoshima

According to local legend, a girl died in the canals surrounding this island. After her death, dolls began to wash onto its shores. The island’s only resident took to hanging the dolls in honor of the dead little girl.

http://www.isladelasmunecas.com/

Kowloon Walled City was a densely populated, largely ungoverned settlement in Kowloon City, Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the Walled City became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to Britain in 1898. Its population increased dramatically following the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. By 1987, the Walled City contained 33,000 residents within its 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) borders. From the 1950s to the 1970s, it was controlled by Triads and had high rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug use.

In January 1987, the Hong Kong government announced plans to demolish the Walled City. After an arduous eviction process, demolition began in March 1993 and was completed in April 1994.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City

The lake is recognized as the largest highly acidic crater lake in the world. It is also a source for the river Banyupahit, resulting in highly acidic and metal-enriched river water which has a significant detrimental effect on the downstream river ecosystem. In 2008, explorer George Kourounis took a small rubber boat out onto the acid lake to measure its acidity. The pH of the water in the crater was measured to be 0.5 due to sulfuric acid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijen

Some of the Baigong pipes are reported to be associated with three caves in Mount Baigong. These caves are reported to occur within the front face of Mount Baigong. The mouths of the two smaller caves have collapsed. Only the largest cave, which is 6 meters (18 feet) high, can be entered. The vague resemblance of the top of Mount Baigong to a pyramid has been the focus of speculation.

Two pipe-like structures have been reported from the largest cave. One of these is described as being 40 cm (16 in) in diameter, one only preserved as a reddish-brown half-pipe formation. Dozens of upright pipe-like features, about 10 to 40 cm (4 to 16 inches) in diameter, were also found protruding from Mount Baigong above the largest cave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baigong_pipes

Dating back to 536-600 AD the walls of this temple where finely cut to interlock with the surrounding stones and the blocks fit together like a puzzle, forming load-bearing joints without the use of mortar. One common engineering technique involves cutting the top of the lower stone at a certain angle, and placing another stone on top of it which was cut at the same angle.The precision with which these angles have been utilized to create flush joints is indicative of a highly sophisticated knowledge of stone-cutting and a thorough understanding of descriptive geometry.Many of the joints are so precise that not even a razor blade will fit between the stones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapunku

The forest is reportedly the most popular site for suicide in Japan, and among the top three most popular sites for suicide in the world[clarification needed]. Statistics vary, but there were around 30 suicides documented every year during the period leading up to 1988.

In 2003, 105 bodies were found in the forest, exceeding the previous record of 78 in 2002. In recent years, local officials have stopped publicizing the numbers in an attempt to downplay Aokigahara's association with suicide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara

The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary

Centuripe Italy

Fontana dell'Acqua Vergine also known as the Trevi Fountain.

The salt mountains of Iran.

The Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Greece.