A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

The stoutest tree in the world.

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Shocking dioramas of human torture, meant to promote human rights awareness.

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.