A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

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

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.