Monterey, California
Dennis the Menace Playground
This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.
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Monterey, California
This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.
Monterey, California
One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Lawton, Oklahoma
Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Lawton, Oklahoma
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.
San Angelo, Texas
The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.
Houston, Texas
A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Montreal, Québec
Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Victoria, British Columbia
This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.
Iceland
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
Iceland
This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.