Just about 23 miles west of Austin, tucked away in the Hill Country of USA, lies a natural wonder that looks like something out of a fantasy film. Hamilton Pool Preserve isn’t just a swimming hole—it’s a collapsed grotto that gave birth to a shimmering turquoise pool, surrounded by mossy limestone cliffs and a curtain of falling water. Yeah, it’s as magical as it sounds.

From above, Pulau Bungin resembles a jigsaw puzzle of rooftops tightly packed into the sea. No trees. No open fields. Just houses—hundreds of them—squeezed together so tightly that even alleyways feel like afterthoughts. Welcome to one of the most densely populated islands in the world, hiding quietly in the lesser-traveled waters of Indonesia.