1. The Bermuda Triangle, Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda Triangle, the section of the North Atlantic Ocean off North America in which more than 50 ships and airplanes are said to have mysteriously disappeared. The vast area of more than half a million square miles is also known as the Devil’s Triangle and theories as to why so many travelers fall foul of its clutches abound. Some say there are magnetic anomalies that throw compasses off course, others that tropical cyclones are to blame, and some say there’s simply no mystery at all! Ales of lost mariners and disappear ships, crashed aircraft, and even vanishing humans have been emerging from the waters of the Bermuda Triangle for centuries. Today, visiting the area can be much more pleasant than you might think, with the sun-splashed islands of Turks and Caicos beckoning in the south and the coves of Bermuda in the north.
2.Blood Falls (Antarctica)
On top of being the coldest and driest place on the planet, Antarctica is home to a crimson-hued waterfall called Blood Falls that starkly pours down five stories along an icy white glacier. Scientists finally determined that the grisly color comes from salty, iron-rich water from inside the glacier oxidizing and rusting once exposed to oxygen.
3.The Nazca Lines, Peru
The Nazca Lines in southern Peru are a group of pre-Columbian geoglyphs etched into desert sands. Covering an area of nearly 1,000 sq. kilometers, there are about 300 different figures, including animals and plants. Composed of over 10,000 lines, which measure 30 meters wide and stretch more than 9 kilometers, the figures are most visible from the air or nearby hilltops. Scarring their way across the dusty desert landscapes of southern Peru, the Nazca Lines are amongst the most mysterious and awesome prehistoric remains in all of South America. And while they typically take a backseat to the country’s other major tourist draws – Machu Picchu, The Sacred Valley, Cuzco – they do draw in their fair share of visitors. Most opt to do flyovers and see the great wonders from above, which is when the curious geoglyphs depicting spiders and monkeys come into full view. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no one really knows why they were made by the ancient Nazca people.
4. Richat Structure, Mauritania
The Richat Structure is a deeply eroded, slightly elliptical dome with 40 kilometers (25 mi). Its center consists of a siliceous breccia covering at least 30 kilometers (19 mi) in diameter. The sedimentary rock exposed in this dome ranges in age from Late Proterozoic within the dome's center to Ordovician sandstone around its edges. The sedimentary rocks composing this structure dip outward at 10–20°. Differential erosion of resistant layers of quartzite has created high-relief circular cuestas.
5.The Tower of London, England
The beheading of kings, the incarceration of state enemies, the plotting of political machinations from the Tudors to the Elizabethans; all manner of dark and shady deeds has gone down between the crenulations of London’s old fortress on the north bank.
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