Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

Located outside Medellín, this Colombian park focuses on conservation and sustainability.

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.