This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

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

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The former home of the "Manassa Mauler" is now a museum dedicated to his legendary boxing career.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.