The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

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.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.