During certain times of the year, these waters host some very impressive marine mammals.
Walker Bay, South Africa - © Matt Parry / robertharding RF / age footstock
Nearly every lighthouse, whether located on a coastline or set near a lake, is a great subject for a photo.
Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota - © Daniel Thornberg / Adobe Stock
Lush and rugged in equal measure, this canyon is a place rich in ecological diversity and apparently…
Santa Catarina, Brazil - © artifirsov / Adobe Stock
Hokkaido's highest pass is also one of the most beautiful spots on the entire island, and that bridge…
Daisetsuzan National Park, Japan - © Masterfile
Billions of years in the future this galactic neighbor is going to pay us a dramatic visit, but for now…
Andromeda galaxy - © ESA / Herschel / PACS / SPIRE / J.Fritz, U.Gent / XMM-Newton / EPIC / W. Pietsch, MPE / NASA
In a landscape colored primarily in brown, rust, and white, what really completes the picture…
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - © Tatsiana Volskaya / Moment/ Getty Images
Across from the Italian coast, and over a sparkling blue expanse of the Adriatic Sea, is a coastline…
Brela, Croatia - © Kite_rin / Shutterstock
With a splendid mixture of soft flowers and green hillsides meeting rugged, eroded rocks, this place…
Derwent Edge, England - © robertharding / Adobe Stock
Ordinary bridges wouldn't survive record-setting rainfall in what's called the wettest place on Earth.
Meghalaya, India - © Alex Treadway / Offset
Penguins can’t get boutonnieres into their tuxedo jackets, so some make do with a chinstrap instead.
Chinstrap penguins - © Mint Images / Masterfile
You might expect to see palm trees dotting the shores of most tropical isles, but here…
Sumba Island, Indonesia - © Afriandi / Getty Images
Many folks can conjure up images of the renowned ruins of Machu Picchu in their minds, but…
Ingapirca, Ecuador - © PaulWolf / iStock / Getty Images Plus
There are emerald green mountains here, rising high above long stretches of golden sand beaches.
Bureh Beach, Sierra Leone - © Muhammad Shah Jaman / EyeEm / Getty Images
Seemingly endless dune fields can appear forbidding, but as photography subjects...
Sahara Desert, Tunisia - © Riccardo Spila / SOPA / eStock Photo
Way out in the cold North Atlantic Ocean is a remote green island graced with stupendous scenery.
Eysturoy, Faroe Islands - © Paul Zizka / Cavan Images
Acacia trees frame a renowned mountain in this part of a sprawling wilderness park, but most views here…
Amboseli National Park, Kenya - © Diana Robinson Photography / Moment / Getty Images
With its culture stretching back to before the time of the Ancient Greeks, this place is full of riches…
Corfu, Greece - © Cavan Images / Adobe Stock
The Dutch painter of this landscape was practically unknown during his lifetime, but is today…
Painting by Vincent Van Gogh - © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
His earlier paintings feature mythological figures, while his later work is more realistic, but all of it…
Painting by Claude Lorrain - © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Carved from nature, rice terraces are some of the most picturesque crop fields you'll ever see.
Tegallalang, Bali - © Maks_Ershov / Adobe Stock