Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.