This amazing cathedral was built on the site of the first Marian shrine in Spain and is important to Spanish speakers the world over

A statue of a boy looks up at where the famous rival to the Leaning Tower of Pisa once stood.

Remains of the walls of the Roman city named for its founder

The much-loved protagonist of famed Argentinian comics can be found sitting on a park bench.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A living museum documenting the history and produce of California's citrus industry

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

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

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.