Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.

A huge, bustling local market in Panama City.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

A British general, a suggestive tree, a map of paradise.

It’s one of the hottest places in the world, but this canyon looks like it’s covered in snow.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.

The hottest place on the planet.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.