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The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

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

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

Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

Tour the inside of a massive lava tube formed during a 1949 volcanic eruption.

Squeezing inside this deep, narrow canyon reveals a festival of desert colors.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.