Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Half of a house.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.