Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

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

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.