Rocks

A 360-year-old cherry tree grows out of a granite boulder.

A Christian pilgrimage site that may have also been a temple for the Greek goddess of love.

A rock, a temple, and a window into Taiwan’s rich cultural mythology—wrapped in a serene city escape.

A rock with images of infernal judges sculpted on it, offering a panoramic view of Kamakura.

This trippy wonderland is the result of one man's obsessive, decades long passion project.

A striking geological formation in Southern California.

Local legend associates this large limestone chunk with a giantess, but archeologists say it may be the remains of a neolithic burial chamber.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

This natural rock formation has an anatomical aesthetic.

An enormous boulder deposited by the Scabland floods lies in the Quincy Basin among a host of smaller boulders.

According to local folklore, a demon left his handprints on these boulders, which became the prefecture’s namesake.

An artificial cave littered with semi-precious stones waiting to be picked up.

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

The morning of January 9, 1965, over 46 million cubic meters of earth, rock, and snow broke free, obliterating a section of the highway below.

A glacial erratic in the shape of a foot rests in the woods of a restored oak savanna prairie.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.

These boulders bear testimony to thousands of years of cultural exchange along this trading route.