Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

History, geography, and shamanism meet in this eye-catching monument to the greatness of three empires.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

A spiritual sanctuary in a natural cave.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.