Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.