Small lakes provide outstanding reflective views of the Earl Mountains

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.

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.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.