The author's beautiful and historic home is also a fully functioning goat farm.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

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

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

A 26-foot-tall jackrabbit celebrates the past and future of the Southwest.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

Parts of this former military training ground may have inspired parts of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous fantasy series.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.