This atmospheric ruins are truly a sight to behold.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

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

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

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

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

Three members of Syria's ruling family entombed in quiet mountain town.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

The Syrian headquarters of alleged hashish-smoking assassins.

A 1,500-year-old ghost settlement is slowly fading away.