"I did this all while you were watching TV."

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

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

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

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

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.