Escalante, Utah
Hell's Backbone Scenic Road
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
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Escalante, Utah
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Herriman, Utah
A replica that won't float away.
Elko, Nevada
Once a famous outpost for purchasing saddles and spurs, this museum preserves the art, craft, and style of the American cowboy.
Tonopah, Nevada
Take in the beauty of the Milky Way at one of the best sites for stargazing in Nevada—a state with some tough competition.
Fallon, Nevada
The sump of the landlocked Carson River is a haven for wildlife.
Hiko, Nevada
A remarkably well-preserved brick chimney from a smelter dating to the 1860s is all that remains of this former mill.
Verdi, Nevada
An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A spring and an enigmatic cabin lie in a ponderosa pine forest in the heart of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.
Las Vegas, Nevada
“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Cochabamba, Bolivia
This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.
Oruro, Bolivia
This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.
Island Cliff, New Zealand
It took millions of years for these rocks to resemble their mammalian counterparts.
Coromandel, New Zealand
This incredible narrow-gauge mountain railway was created by a ceramic artist.
Auckland, New Zealand
One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s.
Upper Hutt, New Zealand
You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.
Oamaru, New Zealand
The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.
Waimangu, New Zealand
Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.
Kaukapakapa, New Zealand
One of the world's largest Tesla coils.
Sajama, Bolivia
A mysterious ancient network of thousands of perfectly straight lines stretching across miles of Bolivian desert.
La Paz, Bolivia
In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.
San Javier, Bolivia
This gorgeous, colorful 18th-century church is part of one of Bolivia's few surviving Jesuit missions.
Vienna, Austria
Journey through a mesmerizing array of board games inside this museum.