Nariño, Colombia
Las Lajas Sanctuary
A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.
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Nariño, Colombia
A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.
Redford, Texas
An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
El Rosario, Mexico
The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Constanța, Romania
Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.
Harghita County, Romania
Romania's only crater lake with water as pure as if distilled.
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Apache Junction, Arizona
This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Palenque, Mexico
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Mexico
The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico
The stoutest tree in the world.
Zunil, Guatemala
Volcanically heated hot springs.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.
Guanajuato, Mexico
A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.