Hill City, South Dakota
Museum at Black Hills Institute
One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.
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Hill City, South Dakota
One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.
Port Angeles, Washington
Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Phoenix, Arizona
Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Toronto, Ontario
A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.
Pebble Beach, California
This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.
San Jose, California
The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.
Auburn, California
The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.
Los Gatos, California
A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.
Los Angeles, California
A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.
Newport Beach, California
Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.
Santa Barbara, California
Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.
San Francisco, California
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Santa Barbara, California
California's largest steel arch bridge.
Santa Barbara, California
One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.