Rocks

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.

Giant Buddhas carved into sandstone walls line this Laotian motorbike route.

This two-and-a-half-ton chunk of rock was gifted to the Prudential company by the British Navy in 1955.

Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!

Time and local lore colluded to turn this fear-defeating Buddha into a man-eating demon.

Local legend has it that the Devil's claw marks are etched into this distinctive rock.

A reminder of the gruesome punishments delivered to those who were found guilty during Scotland's witchcraft trials.

A natural rock silhouette on Cape Elizabeth's scenic Shore Road, reminiscent of New Hampshire's "Old Man of the Mountain."

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.