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

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

A preserve with 75,000 ancient drawings remains the realm of public – not just scientific – exploration.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.