Province de Ouarzazate, Morocco
'The Hills Have Eyes' Gas Station
An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."
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Province de Ouarzazate, Morocco
An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."
Crestone, Colorado
Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Marrakesh, Morocco
North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements.
Belen, New Mexico
A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Mt Nebo, West Virginia
A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Nefta, Tunisia
The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
Tunisia
An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.