Deming, New Mexico
Cabinetlandia
A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.
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Deming, New Mexico
A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.
Roswell, New Mexico
A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
La Paz, Bolivia
Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.
La Paz, Bolivia
The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.
Nor Yungas, Bolivia
Death road of Bolivia.
La Paz, Bolivia
A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
La Paz, Bolivia
The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.
Galena, Kansas
This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.
Erie, Kansas
A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.
Lindsborg, Kansas
This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
Banff, Alberta
Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta
Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.
Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Ecuador
Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.
Quito, Ecuador
This huge green space packed with activities will make you forget you're in the middle of the Ecuadorian capital.
Quito, Ecuador
A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.
Quito, Ecuador
The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.
Quito, Ecuador
The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
Home of the "true" equator.
Ecuador
A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.