A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

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

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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

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

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.