In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

Home of the "true" equator.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.