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Russell Nelson

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Forest Lawn Cemetery

Glendale, California

Forest Lawn Cemetery

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Queen Califa from entrance to Magical Circle.

Escondido, California

Queen Califia's Magical Circle

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

The Fallen Star installation is now part of the permanent collection at UCSD

San Diego, California

Fallen Star

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

View from inside the cave

San Diego, California

Sunny Jim Cave Store

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Permanently frozen in time atop the world

Tijuana, Mexico

El Foro Antiguo Palacio Jai Alai

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

Hotel del Coronado.

San Diego, California

Hotel del Coronado

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Spreckels Organ Pavilion

San Diego, California

Spreckels Organ Pavilion

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

San Diego, California

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

The fig tree.

San Diego, California

Balboa Park Moreton Bay Fig Tree

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

St. George Reef Lighthouse prior to being decommissioned

Crescent City, California

St. George Reef Lighthouse

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

Abigail's Elegant Victorian Mansion
Permanently Closed

Eureka, California

Abigail's Elegant Victorian Mansion

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Old Faithful Geyser

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Old Faithful Geyser

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Wall Drug

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The Corn Palace

Mitchell, South Dakota

The Corn Palace

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

Paris, France

Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Statue of Loreley

Sankt Goarshausen, Germany

Statue of Loreley

A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Oberwesel, Germany

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Mauseturm Tower

Bingen, Germany

Mouse Tower

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

The Heidelberg funicular.

Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberger Bergbahnen

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

The Torture Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Torture Museum

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Karl Marx birthplace in Trier, Germany

Trier, Germany

Karl Marx House

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.

Porta Nigra viewed from the south

Trier, Germany

Porta Nigra

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

Knut the Polar Bear

Berlin, Germany

Knut the Polar Bear

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

Berlin Story Bunker

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Story Bunker

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

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