When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

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

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.