The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

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

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.