A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

An urban laboratory.

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

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.