This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

A local pineapple cannery once dumped pineapple trimmings off of this pier, with sometimes smelly results.

Now a pedestrian bridge, this was once part of a narrow-gauge railroad that ran along the east coast of Kauai.

This monument built by Japanese American immigrants spent decades underground.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

An historic, one-lane, pedestrian suspension bridge on Kauai.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.