A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

This now-protected stone circle is an archeological mystery and a stellar viewpoint.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

This arch was featured prominently in the film.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.