One Costa Rican island is so beset by illegal shark poachers that the local rangers have built an entire bridge with their confiscated gear .

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.

These ancient giraffes are the largest known animal petroglyphs in the world.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.