This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

A striking eight-story-high obelisk perched on a coastal California cliff.

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.

The remote graves of a Scottish family who died of thirst while attempting to reach St. George.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

This bronze marker acknowledges an embarrassing royal blunder.

One of the oldest restaurants in Orlando is a no-frills seafood shack still shucking fresh oysters by the bucket.

Just off the city’s central station hides a quaint lamp-lit alley into medieval Elsinore.

A gathering of green robots at the Googleplex.

For centuries, this town's hot springs have been embraced by rich and poor—and even by Popes.

A medieval village, with red wooden cottages around a stone church, stands as a well-preserved example of a settlement type that was once common in northern Sweden.