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

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The magic's in the hole!

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.