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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.

Senja Island, Norway - © Oleh_Slobodeniuk / E+ / Getty Images

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.'

Lake Skadar Nature Park, Montenegro - © Konstantin Voronov / Moment / Getty Images

Most countries with coastlines, or sometimes just a long lakeshore, are rightly proud of their beacons.

Bornholm, Denmark - © Christian Mueringer / Alamy Stock Photo

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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.

White Pocket, Arizona - © Ed Bannister / Moment / Getty Images

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…

Clark County, Nevada - © Danita Delimont / Offset

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.'

Mount Evans, Colorado - © David McGowen / Adobe Stock

While those hillside vineyards were likely planted there for practical reasons, you can’t help but...

Beilstein, Germany - © Hans-Georg Eiben / Huber / eStock Photo

Within more than 700 square miles of national parkland are lakes, rivers, mountains, and…

Lake Hibara, Japan - © I am happy taking photographs / Moment / Getty Images

This corner of the world is mostly made up of mountains, but there's so much more here…

Cao Bang Province, Vietnam - © Ratnakorn Piyasirisorost / Moment / Getty Images

A cavernous limestone ‘cathedral’ carpeted by soft sand and surrounded by turquoise waters.

Lagoa, Portugal - © Anton Foltin / Shutterstock

Arequipa is both the second-largest city in its country, and the name of the wider region surrounding it.

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