Pasadena, California
St. Andrew's Church Murals
The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.
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Pasadena, California
The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.
Blythe, California
A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.
Page, Arizona
Archaeologists believe this panel of petroglyphs depicting descending sheep and other figures in Glen Canyon are 3,000 to 6,000 years old.
Columbus, Ohio
The walls of the statehouse tell the story of Ohio’s prehistoric past.
Carlsbad, California
This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.
Forks, Washington
This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.
Compton, Arkansas
The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
San Diego, California
A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.
San Francisco, California
This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.
Los Angeles, California
This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Kings Beach, California
An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.
Lovelock, Nevada
How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.
Houston, Texas
This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.
San Diego, California
These two K-9 memorials commemorate the sister cities of Edinburgh and San Diego.
New York, New York
Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.
San Bernardino County, California
The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.
San Bernardino County, California
The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.
San Bernardino, California
Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.
Rancho Mirage, California
You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.