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

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

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

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

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Created as a coal reserve, it is today a natural park with stunning wildflowers, ancient marine fossils, and remnants of a 19th century mine.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.