An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A trove of tiny treasures hidden within a Florida park.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

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

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.