Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

The former Willingdon Airport started operations in 1929, in India's capital, Delhi. Now, it's used for maintenance runs and helicopter rides.

India's first open-air public art district sits in the heart of the country's capital.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.