When your water is varying shades of emerald and turquoise, and your trees are gilded by autumn…
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Roughly 239,000 islands are officially registered in this country, and we're looking at the second-largest.
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People come here for a sip or two of some of the best wine the world offers, but they also get…
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This one is cherry laurel, but others can be grown and sculpted from boxwood, yew, or bamboo.
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Southern Europe's largest lake has been officially designated a wetland of 'international importance.'
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Most countries with coastlines, or sometimes just a long lakeshore, are rightly proud of their beacons.
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You’re looking at a national park that covers nearly 6 million acres of unspoiled ground.
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Photographers find the array of surreal, rugged, and spectacular rock formations here irresistible.
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Although the last volcanic eruption occurred in 1824, you can still fry an egg on parts of…
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In 2016, nearly 300,000 acres of desert vistas, surreal formations, and ancient petroglyphs were designated…
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Stroll by any of the rock formations here and you're likely to see climbers scaling the sandstone walls.
Garden of the Gods, Colorado - © Sean Pavone / iStock / Getty Images Plus
Researchers have been known to describe this kind of animal as a 'russet potato with ears.'
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While those hillside vineyards were likely planted there for practical reasons, you can’t help but...
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Within more than 700 square miles of national parkland are lakes, rivers, mountains, and…
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This corner of the world is mostly made up of mountains, but there's so much more here…
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A cavernous limestone ‘cathedral’ carpeted by soft sand and surrounded by turquoise waters.
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Arequipa is both the second-largest city in its country, and the name of the wider region surrounding it.
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