Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

The West's first incursion into the Afghan world lies buried beneath a military base.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.