Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

A complex and beautiful system of rice terraces covers a million acres over the mountains.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.