Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

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

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

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

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

This Nazi-built amphitheater was constructed on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.