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Our world is wide and wonderful place, filled with amazing geological formations and incredible remote locations. From some of the most remote private islands in the world to incredible green retreats right outside of our biggest cities, here are some of the most fascinating places on Earth to take a trip.

Ravishing Radishes: Japan's Weird Humanoid Daikons

Japan's Daikon (or White Radish) is renowned for its mild flavor, large size, ease of cultivation and an odd propensity for taking on weird human forms.

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Drink The Rich: 10 Exotic & Quixotic Bottled Waters

From the “center of the Earth” to the roof of the world, bottled water marketers will go anywhere and everywhere to get the drop on their competition.

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Giant Crystals & Crooked Forests: 15 Surreal Places

You won't believe that the images of these 15 spectacularly surreal places from around the world weren't Photoshopped.

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Out on a Limb! Travel to 3 Top Treehouse Getaways

Escape the cold fall and winter seasons - plan a getaway to one of these three incredible tropical treehouse resorts in Costa Rica, China and South Africa.

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Islands in the Seize: 8 Hotly Disputed Islands & Atolls

Claimed and coveted by neighboring nations, dozens of obscure and often uninhabited islands exist in a shifting geographic limbo defined by power politics.

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Take a Dizzying Trip Through the Treetops of Australia

On Ilawarra Fly's elevated steel canopy walkway, you can take a treetop-level tour of the Australian rainforest, catching glimpses of wombats and echidnas.

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Face-Kini: Savvy, Scary Skin-Saving Suit Makes a Splash

Meet the Face-Kini, a strange head-to-toe beach balaclava designed and worn by Chinese swimmers to provide protection from sun, seaweed and stinging jellyfish.

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Meet Masdar: World's First Zero Carbon, Zero Waste City

The new city center for Masdar in the United Arab Emirates will feature an amazing group of sunflower-inspired canopies that provide shade and passive cooling.

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Dream Retreats: 15 Rustic, Reclaimed and Remote Cabins

These 15 cabins, often made of reclaimed materials, offer eco-friendly wilderness retreats that might just tempt you into a simpler life with a great view.

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Fish Stories: 7 More Amazing Public Aquariums

These 7 amazing public aquariums recreate the wonders of the sea on land at facilities that appear as though they were designed in the future.

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Tropical Paradise: 13 Natural Wonders of Southeast Asia

Underground rivers, massive volcanic lakes, pink sand beaches and stones rising from the sea are just a few of Southeast Asia's stunning natural wonders.

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Barcelona Gets a Stunning Garden Wall with Trailing Vines

A residential building in Barcelona gets a stunning makeover in the form of a 70-foot-tall vertical garden with trailing vines.

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Bark Bottles: 8 Sweet Species of the Bulbous Baobab Tree

All 8 species of the twisted, bloated, otherworldly beautiful Baobab tree has survived and spread by adapting to some of the world's harshest environments.

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See Shells: The 10 Remaining Galápagos Tortoise Subspecies

“Lonesome George”, the last Abingdon Island tortoise, is gone but 10 other Galápagos tortoise subspecies remain. Let's see what's under their big ol' shells.

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Green China: 13 Examples of Innovative Eco Architecture

China might have a bit of a pollution problem, but it's also home to some of the greenest architecture in the world, including these 13 innovative structures.

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