During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.