A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

The final resting place of one of the most iconic musicians of the '80s.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

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