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The United States is a veritable outdoor gallery for crazy rock formations. From Valley of Fire in Nevada to Natural Bridge in Virginia, check out these awe-inspiring places.

Saranac Lake, nestled in the Adirondack Mountains in far upstate New York, started drawing visitors in the late 19th century.

Brent Underwood, who owns a hostel in Texas, bought the ghost town Cerro Gordo a little over a month after it hit the market.

Riviera Maya? Already been. Mexico City? Too busy.

Even though demand is up, the United States has a shortage of pilots, particularly at regional airlines. Find out what this means for your flying future and US national security.

Lava that's still flowing from the Kilauea volcano has now created a tiny new island off the coast of Hawaii. The island is part of the lava flow that extends underwater away from the coastline.

Ready to bicycle around Taiwan? The island's 602-mile Cycle Route No. 1 is becoming one of Asia's greatest cycle routes.

Shark attacks are rare. But they happen. Learn how to survive a shark attack so you don't become a shark snack.

These are the best 23 ancient cities you can visit around the world -- from Timbuktu and Tikal to Kyoto and Cairo.

Washington, D.C., is the world's most powerful city. But how did that happen? Take a look at Pierre Charles L'Enfant's master plan that laid its path to the future.

From airliners powered by nuclear fusion to spacecraft to carry tourists to the moon, Oscar Viñals' designs make a bold statement on the future of flight.

Evolve Back Chikkana Halli Estate, surrounded by dense forests and undulating hills in Coorg, India, sets the standard for green luxury resorts.

A rare flood of desert rain has transformed Australia's Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre from an arid salty basin to a spectacular, watery oasis.

If you're in New York on July 12 and 13, you can catch a memorable sunset event: Manhattanhenge. Here are the best streets along the borough's grid to watch the annual effect.

India's northern region of Rajasthan is most often associated with its royal palaces, mighty forts and flashes of color -- three shades in particular.

From the capital of Bratislava to Low Tatras National Park, these are 11 of the best places to visit in Slovakia, a country you should consider putting on your European travel list.

When you travel to Dublin, it doesn't take too long to figure out this is not the capital of a former far-flung empire like that of London, Madrid or Rome.

The premiere art museum of Paris, the Louvre, has laid on a tour of the artworks that appear in Beyonce and Jay-Z's "Apes**t" video.

Golf began some 600 years ago on the links lands of Scotland. Here are some of the best courses in the country, along with some local alternatives.

Recently-unearthed fossils in Argentina suggest that giant dinosaurs roamed the Earth some 30 million years earlier than scientists had previously thought.