Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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

Oldest building in California still in use.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.