The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

A Netherlands hotel where you can sleep inside a wine barrel.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

A hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat.

Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.