This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.