A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

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

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.