This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his monicker to peaks.

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

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

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

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.

Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.