A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

An epic sculpture depicting a wagon and straining oxen.

This beautiful example of neoclassical architecture is one of Uruguay's most treasured cultural gems.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.