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

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

A mountain of conch shells created by centuries of fishermen.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.