This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

This amazing medieval fortress stands atop a promontory along the famous Cinque Terre.

This poignant art installation raises awareness of violence against women.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

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

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.

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

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

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