This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.