Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.