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Giuliano Mauri's "Cattedrale Vegetale" is perhaps the most striking work of 'natural architecture' on Earth.

Jabuticaba is a Brazilian grape tree that is common in the states of Minas Gerias and Sao Paulo, in the south of Brazil. 

It's possible to find a very interesting geological formation also known as "earth pyramids" at a lot of places across South Tyrol, in northern Italy. 

Tam Coc can be found approximately 90 km from the city of Ninh Binh and is thought to be one of Vietnam's most eye-catching sights. The literal translation of Tam Coc means "three caves", and those three caves are Hang Ca (the first), Hang Giua (the second), and Hang Cuoi (the smallest). 

The town of Maras can be found 40 kilometers north of Cuzco in Peru, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The town is famous for its nearby salt evaporation ponds which have been in use since Inca times. Thousands of asymmetrical square-shaped ponds stretch in the slopes of the hillside less than a kilometer west of the town. These pre-Inca salt pools were built during the Chanapata culture from AD 200 to AD 900. Extremely salty water emerging from the Qoripujio spring, near the head of the valley, is directed into a complex network of small channels constructed so that the water runs slowly down onto a couple of hundred prehistoric terraced bonds. Nearly all the ponds are less than four meters square in the region, and none of them exceeds thirty centimeters in depth. The flow of water is delicately controlled and kept track of by the workers. The altitude of the ponds gradually decreases, so that the water may flow through the multitude of branches of the water-supply channels and be introduces slowly through a dent in one sidewall of every pond.

Cleft Island which is also called Skull Rock, is a granite island that can be found off the coast of Wilsons Promontory in the state of Victoria, in Australia. The island is a part of a group that consists of three islands named the Anser Group and is one of the most strikingly beautiful of all islands in Wilsons Promontory.

Terrace Cultivation which is also called Step Farming is a technique that's used to cultivate inclined land such as on hilly or mountainous terrain. Terraced fields are effective when it comes to decreasing erosion and surface runoff, and also they're better when it comes to growing crops that require a lot of water, such as rice. In many of these farming systems, the terrace is a low, flat ridge of soil built across the slope, with a channel for runoff water right above the ridge. More often than not, terraces are built on a slight grade so that the water the channel is holding moves slowly toward the terrace outlet. In places where soils are capable of taking in water readily and rainfall is low compared to the other places, level terraces may be used. Terraced paddy fields are used commonly in rice farming in east, south, and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, and the Philippines. The examples of terrace farming can also be commonly seen throughout the Mediterranean Basin, where they were used for vineyards, olive trees, cork oak, etc., and in some areas of Africa. In the Andes, farmers have used terraces for more than a thousand years to farm potatoes, maize, and other crops.

You can find this gorgeous bay surrounded by magnificent cliffs just a 30-minute drive away from the city of Vladivostok, Russia. Until recently, a local porcelain factory was using this beach here as a dumping ground, or these are the rumors about this beach. 

You can find this gorgeous bay surrounded by magnificent cliffs just a 30-minute drive away from the city of Vladivostok, Russia. Until recently, a local porcelain factory was using this beach here as a dumping ground, or these are the rumors about this beach. Another story suggests that the waste glass products were washed away by the river and then swept into the sea. Nowadays, however, the seaside on Ussuri Bay has a very unique appearance. Millions of broken pieces of glass, rounded smooth by the merciless pounding of the ocean waves cover every part of the beach. If you see them on a sunny day, they sparkle like lighted candles. The glass beach on Ussuri Bay is not the only unusual beach on the planet, though. There is another one with a similar background story in MacKerricher State Park close to Fort Bragg, California.

Salar de Uyuni (a.k.a. Salar de Tunupa) which can be found in southwest Bolivia, close to the crest of the Andes, is one of the most visually striking places in South America. Photographers swarm here on a daily basis to capture the fascinating landscape created by spectacular geological formations, geothermal springs and, brine lakes. Extending in an area of 10,582 square kilometers, it's the biggest salt flat in the world. Salar de Uyuni approximately has a reserve of 10 billion tons of salt. Approximately 30 to 40 thousand years ago, this region was a part of a massive prehistoric lake named Lake Minchin. The lake went through a series of transformations between a couple of giant lakes, and when it dried, it created two modern lakes, Poopo Lake and Uru Uru Lake, and two important salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Salar de Uyuni.

These nests can be found in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa and they are made by a bird species named the Sociable Weaver Bird. At first glance, they look like massive haystacks that are fallen into trees. 

A China-based company named Fruit Mould has come up with a very unconventional idea of creating kind plastic molds that turn ordinary fruits and vegetables into crazy and weird shapes that you've never seen before- square watermelons, heart-shaped cucumbers, and Buddha-shaped pears.