A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Get your gift of the gab on Route 66.

Welcome to a starkly beautiful sanctuary where the buffalo roam.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.