Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

Welded sphere dropped from space.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

A lake at the bottom of the ocean.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Ghosts of France's colonial past.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.