According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

Still standing despite its considerable slant, this tilted lighthouse has become a local symbol of resilience.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

It might look like a doghouse, but this small structure was actually built to house a spirit from Maya mythology.

A small site dedicated to the memory of a local leader and the search for peace.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

Mexican food and folk art.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.