Weird World Wonders
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The World Islands -- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
If you've ever dreamed of conquering the planet in a single day, you'll definitely want to head to The World Islands. Located off the coast of Dubai, this geographical oddity promises to be a collection of 300 manmade islands shaped to resemble the continents of the world.
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Fairy Chimneys -- Cappadocia, Turkey
Those who fear the ill effects of erosion might want to make a trip to the Cappadocia region of Turkey, where the gradual wearing away of rock has created one of the world's most unique tourist attractions.
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Silbury Hill -- Wiltshire, England
Does size really matter? It does in Wiltshire, where the local residents take great pride in being home to the largest man-made mound in Europe.
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Magnetic Hill -- New Brunswick, Canada
This geographical oddity was discovered in the 1930s when motorists reported being drawn up one of the city's gently rolling hills even when their motors were turned off.
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B15 -- Antarctica
Take a moment to picture Jamaica. Now picture it completely covered in ice. Decorate it with a few penguins and suddenly you have B15, until recently the world's largest iceberg.
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Stone Forest -- Kunming, China
Referred to by locals as the "first wonder of the world," this 96,000-acre site is home to a massive outcropping of limestone rock that has been shaped by the elements for over 270 million years.
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Carlsbad Cavern -- Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico
Once upon a time, Carlsbad Cavern was a deep, vast sea housing countless species of marine life. 250 million years and a whole lot of evaporation later, that same fertile area is now home to one of the world's most fascinating buried rock reefs.
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Franz Josef Glacier -- Westland National Park, New
The Ice Age is still alive and well thanks to New Zealand's Franz Josef Glacier, a 7.5-mile long chunk of snow and ice that descends all the way from the country's Southern Alps to its temperate rainforest.
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Rock of Gibraltar -- Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula
Few sites are more imposing than the Rock of Gibraltar, a 1,396-foot-high outcropping of monolithic Jurassic limestone sitting solidly on the Iberian Peninsula.
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Banaue Rice Terraces -- Ifugao, Philippines
The people of this community have been increasing their area's farmable land for 2,000 years by creating gigantic rice terraces in the sides of their mountains. Labeled by some as the "eighth wonder of the world," this living and breathing stairway extends up 3,000 feet.
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