French photographer Romain Veillon travels around the globe in search of abandoned places to capture the beauty and the light that touches these buildings. (Romain Veillon) Abandoned places have a reputation for being weather-beaten, eerie and sometimes, even haunted, but Parisian , 32, focuses on capturing their beauty in illuminated in light. “I try to find an aesthetic in the chaos emerging from these buildings,” Veillon told . “I play with the light to breathe life back into those locations...

Climbing K2 is one tough journey, but photographer David Kaszlikowski's images show a valid reason mountaineers take on the extreme challenge. His spectacular images, some of which were captured using a drone, depict an alien landscape that appears untouched by human influence. The mountain is 784 feet lower than Mount Everest, but it's terrain makes the climb even more difficult. According to National Geographic, for every four climbers who have succeeded, . The mountain has been summited nearly 400 times,...

Forests cover 31 percent of the world’s total land area, and are, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. They've also become tourist destinations. And while we’re familiar with the kind that is comprised of trees, forests come in all shapes and sizes. Here, we round up some of the world’s strangest and most wondrous forests—from one semi-submerged in swampy waters to another that’s completely man-made. (MORE: | ) 1. Hallerbos, "The Blue Forest," Belgium Around mid-April, , a...