For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

The oldest natural history museum in western Canada houses more than 5,000 vintage botanical and zoological specimens.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.