Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.

Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.