In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

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.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

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

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

A colossal aqueduct from the second century B.C., deeply hidden in a gorge on the outskirts of Rome.

The ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.