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This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

The Hollywood home of Kermit the Frog and Yoda used to be Charlie Chaplin's film studio.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.