Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

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

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

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

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.