On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

3D war panorama in Damascus built with help from North Korea.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.