This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

An interactive back-alley mural project remembers the golden age of Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

One of Madrid's most beloved statues is of an anonymous citizen.

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.