Beatty, Nevada
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
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Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.
George Town, Cayman Islands
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.
Havana, Cuba
Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.
Havana, Cuba
No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.
Havana, Cuba
After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.
Havana, Cuba
His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."
Havana, Cuba
Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.
Havana, Cuba
A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.
Havana, Cuba
A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.
Key West, Florida
This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.
Key West, Florida
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.
Bosque, New Mexico
The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.
Ukiah, California
A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.