Azure Window, Gozo, Malta New York's Brooklyn Bridge and China's Lupo Bridge areamazing feats of engineering, but many of the world's most awe-inspiring bridges were crafted by Mother Nature herself. Natural bridges and arches areformed by the natural, selective removal of rock, caused by processes of erosion, according to the Natural Arch and Bridge Society. Some of the stunning bridges and arches on this list were formed by the corrosive action of flowing rivers or ocean waves. Some were formed...

It might be the world’s most sophisticated food fight. From March 2-4 during the northern Italian town of Ivrea’s Annual Carnival, the small medieval burg’s 25,000 or so residents form battalions, don ornate uniforms and engage in fierce street combat to the beat of kettle drums. But the combatants are wielding a decidedly strange weapon of choice: millions of fresh oranges. (MORE: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make THIS) According to The New York Times, like many carnival traditions, the...

Hundreds of discarded tanks are seen lined up row upon row in a former military repair plant in Kharkov, Ukraine, on April 30, 2013, just 20 miles from the border with Russia. (Patvel Itkin/Caters News Agency) The images above feature a rare glimpse inside an abandoned tank graveyard in Kharkov, Ukraine. More than 400 tanks, lined up row upon row, have been left to the elements for decades. Photographer Patvel Itkin spent months trying to find the site after hearing...

In an age when people assume that any bit of information is just a click away, the thought that a jetliner could simply disappear over the ocean for more than two days is staggering. But Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is hardly the first reminder of how big the seas are, and of how agonizing it can be to try to find something lost in them. It took two years to find the main wreckage of an Air France jet that...

For more than a century, the legend of Tarzan has sparked the imagination of the Western world and molded its views of Africa. But the King of the Jungle's creator, American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs, never even set foot on the continent. He drew most of his inspiration from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and from what he'd learned from Africans at the 1893 World Fair in Chicago. Since Burroughs first penned the tale of a young boy raised by...

The island of Buranoin Italy may be tiny (current population: 4,000), but it is bursting with charm, culture — and color. With its rainbow-colored houses, the technicolor town is one of Italy's most visited and photographed locations. Just a 40-minute boat ride from Venice, Buranois an old fishing village with a fishing tradition that date back to Roman times, according to Smithsonian Journeys. Burano actually consists of four individual islands, separated by narrow canals, which visitors can traverse using a...

Stefan Glowacz and Uli Theinert on the way to climb a Manpupuner rock formation located north of the Ural mountains in the Troitsko-Pechorsky District, Komi Republic, Russia on February 17, 2013. (Klaus Fengler/Red Bull Content Pool) Hidden in a remote area of Russia's Komi Republic, in the northern Ural mountains, the mysterious Manpupunerrock formations tower over 200 feet the northern Siberian landscape. The seven gigantic stone pillars, formed and sculpted by the weathering effects of ice and winds, are considered...

The abandoned Garman Opera House in Bellefonte, Penn. (Matthew Christopher) The Garman Opera House, once home to vaudeville when it opened in 1890, is now nothing but a pile of bricks after it was demolished in January of this year. But photographer and urban explorer Matthew Christopher was able to capture photos of the abandoned Victorian-era theater in Bellefonte, Penn. before it was torn down. Christopher says the theater, the restaurant in its basement and the hotel next door, were...

Amelia Earhart in the cockpit. (Amelia Earhart Project) As the world grapples with the baffling disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, perhaps the most famous missing plane mystery in history will soon get a second chance – and this time, with ahappy ending. That is, if 30-year-old pilot Amelia R. Earhart has anything to say about it. You read that right: Amelia Rose Earhart was named after the famed aviator who vanished on her first attempt at a female-piloted flight...

Machu Picchu was recognized as a World Wonder in 2007. (Cris Bournocle/AFP/Getty Images) It has survived centuries of conquest, earthquakes, extreme weather and mudslides, but the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchuin Peru is facing a new kind of threat: nude tourists. A pair of Canadian streakers were arrested on Wednesday after they were caught taking nude photos at the site of the ancient Incan ruins, located 7,970 ft above sea level, in the eastern slopes of the Andes. The arrest...

The 'End of the World' cinema, located in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, January 2010. (Kaupo Kikkas/HotSpot /Landov) A movie theater is probably the last thing anyone would expect to see in the Sinai Desert, where temperatures can reach 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, but that’s just what Estonian photographer Kaupo Kikkas discovered during a trip with his friends. Kikkas, who has been to the Sinai Desert five times, was on his way back to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt...

The 'Phantasy Fairytale' underwater art exhibition at LIME Spa at Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives. (Per AQUUM) What’s the best way to view an exhibit that features portraits of various underwater scenes? Deep below the sea, of course. Two of Per AQUUM’s luxury resorts in the Maldives are showcasing artist Andreas Franke’s “Phantasy Fairytale” exhibit below the Indian Ocean for its guests to view at the resort’s various underwater viewing windows. At the NIYAMA resort the submerged gallery can be...

You may expect sand when you think about a desert, but the Devil’s Golf Course in the Mojave Desert within Death Valley National Park, considered the hottest place on earth and the driest place in North America, has a floor of strange, solid shapes. It is a salt pan, a huge, dried-up lakebed that stretches about 40 miles. The salt pan was the site of Lake Manly, which reached depths of 600 feet, according to Amusing Planet. As climates changed,...