At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.