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Swimming in this lake are bacteria, not fish, and the only plants around here are small thorny shrubs.

Lake Assal, Djibouti - © ALEXANDER BEE / Alamy Stock Photo

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Canton of Valais, Switzerland - © Andrew Merry / Moment / Getty Images

Founded by the Etruscans, this village was once much larger, but while its square footage may have shrunk…

Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy - © AWL Images / Masterfile

It's said that this area in western France has the most coastline of any region in the country.

Finistère, France - © Luigi Vaccarella/SIME / SOPA Collection / Offset

Local legend tells of Viking Age meetings held in a cave near here, and from the looks of this landscape…

Dyrhólaey, Iceland - © Jordan Siemens / Digital Vision / Getty Images

These forested hills stretch on for miles and make for lovely scenery, and on top of one of them…

Rajgad Fort, India - © Abhinav Sah / Moment / Getty Images

While it's no tropical paradise, this country is in the running for site of the world's best waterfalls.

Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland - © Maridav / Adobe Stock

A national park protects a remote swath of mountains that sweep across central Europe.

Bieszczady National Park, Poland - © Jan Wlodarczyk / Sime / eStock Photo

Sure, it's got a great backstory and is without question one of the most historic windmills in its country…

Pitstone Windmill, England - © Graham Custance Photography / Moment Open / Getty Images

Cultivated in these fields is the staple of this nation's diet, served with nearly every meal…

Antananarivo, Madagascar - © Luis / Adobe Stock

Some say this is Scotland's most beautiful island, but the beauty here isn't exactly the delicate kind.

Isle of Skye, Scotland - © Cody Duncan / Cavan Images

With a national park above the waves and a national sanctuary below, you could say this protected area…

Channel Islands National Park, California - © Cindy Robinson / Moment / Getty Images

The Great Pyramids of Giza may be more iconic, and the Valley of the Kings more storied, but here…

White Desert, Egypt - © Bernd Grundmann / Huber / eStock Photo

We're visiting the highest portion of what's been called the 'geologic backbone' of North Africa.

Ouzighimt, Morocco - © Arturo Cano Miño / Design Pics

Set among the flowering sagebrush like giant brick beehives, the star attractions at this park…

Ward Charcoal Ovens, Nevada - © Sumiko Scott / Moment / Getty Images

Mariners need a bit of help to navigate the shores and harbors of North America's Great Lakes.

Duluth, Minnesota - © Scruggelgreen / 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

Arm-like structures twist and wind around each other on a galactic scale, and these pinwheels are truly…

NGC 2608 galaxy - © ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.

With some of the most exquisite beaches in the world, this region is full of sun, sand, and scenery.

Salvador, Brazil - © sbk_20d pictures / Moment / Getty Images

We're looking from the base of this canyon at towering cliffs clad in a mantle of greenery, but…

Aparados da Serra National Park, Brazil - © Cavan Images / Cavan / Getty Images