For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Despite their macabre past, these hooks are said to bring good luck to those who touch them.

At this multicultural hub, refugee chefs serve the foods they miss most from home.

This volcanic crater lake is renowned for its perfectly round shape, stunning blue-green waters, and unique geological properties.

This sea-based blowhole releases seawater when waves hit the coastal caves.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.