This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

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

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Because there's no place like home.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.