This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

A Singapore shrine to an unnamed German girl who has become a local deity.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.