San Simeon, California
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
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San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.
Boulder City, Nevada
A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Tropic, Utah
A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inverness, California
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.
Chelsea, Québec
The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.
Ottawa, Ontario
Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.
Ottawa, Ontario
The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.
Ottawa, Ontario
These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.
Montreal, Québec
This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.
Lincoln, Ontario
The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.
Grimsby, Ontario
The Painted Ladies of Ontario aren’t your average beach homes.
Uvita, Costa Rica
Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.
Jaco, Costa Rica
Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.