One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

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

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.