Who needs wings to sail in the air when you've got flippers that let you fly through the water?
Gentoo penguin - © Jeff Mauritzen / Design Pics
Within this park's nearly 8,500 square miles are landscapes ranging from alpine tundra to forested valleys.
Kluane National Park, Canada - © Alan Majchrowicz / Stone / Getty Images
Sometimes words are entirely insufficient to describe the heart-stopping, jaw-dropping beauty of a place.
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile - © FEBRUARY / Moment / Getty Images
Rainier than most other parts of the country, Galicia still gets its fair share of sunny skies.
Illa Pancha, Spain - © Mercedes Rancaño Otero / iStock / Getty Images Plus
There are taller lighthouses, and wider ones, and many that are more colorful, but it'd be hard to find…
Newport, Rhode Island - © Meybruck / iStock / Getty Images Plus
So exquisite and historic are the objects and buildings found here that they've been added to…
Kyoto, Japan - © Sean Pavone / Shutterstock
You don’t have to travel all the way here to Halnaker to find a road stretching beneath a canopy of trees.
Halnaker, England - © Lois GoBe / Adobe Stock
What phrase would best describe the five villages nestled on the shores of this alpine lake?
Grundlsee, Austria - © jenyateua / Adobe Stock
Located much closer to New Zealand than it is to the continental United States, this far-flung place is…
American Samoa - © David Kirkland / Design Pics / Offset
Motu form atop coral reefs that have grown around sinking volcanoes—the result is exquisite.
Tuamotus, French Polynesia - © Maridav / Shutterstock
In this game reserve, giraffes and zebras mingle with antelopes and impalas, but the real stars here…
Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Botswana - © vaclav / Adobe Stock
Kerala boasts miles and miles of shoreline, some of it rocky, and some of it fringed with reefs.
Tangasseri, India - © Robert Harding World Imagery / Offset
Often shrouded by fog, the summit of this mountain is covered by lush, green vegetation and a large lake.
Mount Bisoke, Rwanda - © Yann / Adobe Stock
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Humpback Whale, Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga - © Warren Keelan
Such is the majesty of this fortress, and the green embrace of its surroundings, that it's been called…
Granada, Spain - © Alpineguide / Alamy Stock Photo
In the most sparsely populated nation of Europe, very few call this remote northern peninsula home.
Strandir Coast, Iceland - © Robert Postma / Design Pics / Offset
If you squint your eyes a little you can just about imagine Viking ships sailing these waters.
Møre og Romsdal, Norway - © Anton Petrus / Moment / Getty Images
The nature reserve surrounding these ruddy waters can look like an extraterrestrial landscape.
Laguna Colorada, Bolivia - © buteo / Shutterstock
A journey on the highest mountain pass in South Africa reveals stunning scenes of majestic beauty.
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - © PetrJanJuracka / Shutterstock
Wilderness reserves are a big thing around here—just south of this lake is the country’s only national park.
Zelenci Nature Reserve, Slovenia - © Bor Rojnik / 500px Prime / Getty Images