A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an eighth-century Buddhist master.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.