The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

A metal menagerie fills the yard of this museum and gallery, the work of Montana artist Bill Ohrmann.

This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.