Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

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

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

A statue of the heroic plumber stands outside a company that bluffed its way into being Nintendo's Scandinavian distributor.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

Cascading waterfalls mark the gateway to the ancient burial place of Clan Macnab.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

An elaborately decorated house sits on an otherwise quiet street.

This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.