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Necromanteion of Ephyra

Necromanteion of Ephyra Ancient Greek Oracle of the DeadAlthough there were many oracles in ancient Greece, there is only one known oracle of the dead. It was an entryway to the underworld, and a place...

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Devil's Stomping Ground

Devil's Stomping GroundA one hundred and twenty year old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woodsSet back from the main road, is a empty patch of woods, a dusty circle,...

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Spook Hill

Spook HillHaunted Hill Supposedly Defies GravityLocated in Lake Wales, FL (about 50 miles south of Disney World) is Spook Hill. Legends abound regarding this landmark. Known as a magnetic hill,...

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Chocolate Hills

Chocolate HillsBohol's mysterious brown hillsWere you to fly over Bohol Island in the Phillipines during the dry season, you might notice what looks like thousands of chocolate kisses protruding from...

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The Ozark Spooklight

The Ozark SpooklightA mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri Known variously as the Ozark Spook Light, the Hornet Ghost Light, the Joplin Ghost Light, the Devil’s...

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Hessdalen AMS

Hessdalen AMSResearch station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley"At the end of 1981 through 1984, residents of the Valley became concerned and alarmed about strange,...

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Lluvia de Peces: The "Rain of Fish"

Lluvia de Peces: The "Rain of Fish"Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran townKnown as the Lluvia de Peces or "Rain of Fish," it is said to occur at...

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Kitch-iti-kipi

Kitch-iti-kipiFreshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons per minuteMichigan's largest freshwater spring, Kitch-iti-kipi means "big cold water." Often, this massive pool is just known as The Big Spring...

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Congost de Mont-rebei

Congost de Mont-rebeiA breathtaking canyon offers stunning views and frightful pathways through an ecological paradiseMountains, rivers and canyons are right at the top of anyone's list of features...

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Galleta Meadows Estate

Galleta Meadows EstateMetal Jurassic Park on the side of a California HighwayDriving along the remote SoCA S-3 highway, you might spy a horse as it rears off to the side of the road. Then, rising out...

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Fields of the Woods

Fields of the WoodsThe world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky MountainsMost people have heard of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, but far fewer...

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Salar de Uyuni, Bolivian Salt Flat

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivian Salt Flat A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia3,800 square-miles of salt flat spread out across Bolivia's remote southwest. Salar de Uyuni is...

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Hand of the Desert

Hand of the DesertSculpture of a giant hand in the middle of Atacama desertThe scorched moonscape of Atacama stretches for hundreds of miles on both sides of the Pan-American highway, undisturbed by...

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Booming Dunes of Badain Jaran Desert

Booming Dunes of Badain Jaran DesertThe tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to singBadain Jaran Desert is home to the tallest stationary dunes on Earth. Reaching over 1,600 feet tall, they...

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Mars Desert Research Station

Mars Desert Research StationA Mars simulation in the southern Utah desertSome scientists argue that the fate of the human species hinges upon our ability (or inability) to leave our comfortable home...

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The Integratron

The IntegratronExperience a quartz crystal sound bath inside the world's only all-wood, acoustically perfect sound-chamberThe Integratron is a parabolic dome-shaped structure in the Mojave desert near...

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Dead Vlei

Dead VleiThis "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in timeIn the Namib-Naukluft National Park, in the central Namib Desert is a strange and alien landscape....

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Alluvial Fan of the Taklimakan Desert

Alluvial Fan of the Taklimakan DesertMade by river sediment, it is the largest alluvial fan in the world Rivers are tumultuous forces of life. Dragged by gravity across the Earth, they've carved the...

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Acacus Mountains

Acacus MountainsLandscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvingsGolden sand dunes cover the ground and cling to the sides of the basaltic mountain range that rises abruptly...

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Haughton Impact Crater

Haughton Impact CraterThe closest thing to Mars on EarthApproximately 23 million years old, the Haughton Crater is one of the world's northernmost impact craters, and about the closest thing to Mars on...

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