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Lyngvær, Norway

'Untitled'

This solitary convex mirror sculpture at an abandoned ferry station at the edge of a fjord reflects the scenery back at the viewer.
<em>There is a Future</em>, 2020
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Reclaiming Georgia's Stone Mountain Through Haunting Landscape Images

Photographer Sheila Pree Bright wanted to find a new way of seeing the site and its connection to centuries of racism.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing April 21, 2023
A large rock structure called Rainbow Valley in the Northern Territory.
Northern Territory, Australia

Rainbow Valley

This sacred site lives up to its name with its majestic, color-splashed sandstone formations.
Vidar Haslum (center) has been collecting place names in southeastern Norway for decades. He is shown here in the 1980s with farmer Nils Vinsland (left), who was born 1904. He was "one of many good informants," Haslum says.
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Meet the Man Collecting Fading Place Names

What do we lose when we forget about locations like "Troll's Cave" and "Window Claw"?
Amy Crawford March 10, 2023
Huanglong Travertine Pools
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12 'Genshin Impact' Places That Exist in Real Life

Come on, Traveler, let's go!
Atlas Obscura February 23, 2023
Bald Mountain Canyon in Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area
Washoe County, Nevada

Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.
Whaligoe Steps
Whaligoe, Scotland

Whaligoe Steps

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.
Balze del Valdarno
Botriolo, Italy

Balze del Valdarno

Leonardo da Vinci was one of many to find inspiration in this unique, rocky landscape in Tuscany.
Hibbing, Minnesota

Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.
Niarbyl Bay 3
Dalby, Isle of Man

Niarbyl Bay

The name Niarbyl means “the tail” and refers to the rocky formations that push out into the Irish Sea.
The scarp south of Golconda Canyon.
Winnemucca, Nevada

Tobin Range (Pearce) Scarps

The strongest earthquake in Nevada's recorded history left these spectacular breaks along the west front of a range in central Nevada.
Seattle, Washington

Seattle Chinese Garden

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.
Red Rock
Alvie, Australia

Red Rock

One of the youngest volcanic eruption sites in Australia.
Tadami Line Bridge in summer
Uonuma, Japan

Tadami Train Line

Running through lush forests and across the Tadami River, this train line offers breathtaking views of rural Japan.
Stagbury Hills
Lyndhurst, England

Stagbury Hills

One of the largest hills in New Forest.
Stump in place.
Gerlach, Nevada

George W. Lund Petrified Forest

A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.
Flemingsberg, Sweden

Kungens Kurva Shoppingcenter (King's Bend Mall)

An entire shopping mall and industrial terrain named for the time the king of Sweden's car went into a ditch.
Fife Earth Project
Lassodie, Scotland

St. Ninian's Fife Earth Project

The half-finished remains of what would have been Scotland’s biggest piece of landscape art.