The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

This maximum-security prison was abandoned to make way for a national park.

The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

The enormous appendage offers spectacular views of Colombia's Huila Department.