This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

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

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This Canadian city is actually two-in-one, even if they only respect the timezone of one side.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

An automotive, farming machinery, and aviation museum located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

Possibly the world's largest coin stands just outside of a Canadian science center.