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

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

A small research station sits at the summit of this mountain, which is one of the few U.S. peaks higher than 14,000 feet outside of the Sierra Nevada.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

The history of the oldest fort in Baltistan is steeped in familial rivalry and gruesome deaths.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.

Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.

A state-of-the-art medical facility dedicated to treating beloved birds of prey.

Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.