San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Named for a prominent scout and explorer, this Wyoming state park encompasses a replica of an 1840s trading post, a 19th-century Army outpost, and early 20th-century automobile lodgings.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.