The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This is one really big nut.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

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

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

A small building that loosely resembles a tooth is appropriately used as a dentist office.

Historic poems about the noble act of defecating have been preserved on the wall of this old convent.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.