One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

The rubbery beast is sculpted from recycled materials.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

One of the tallest waterfalls in Africa is also home to a population of monkeys who enjoy the waters and the occasional guest.