San Diego, California
Sunny Jim Cave Store
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
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San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Keenesburg, Colorado
The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Orlando, Florida
A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.
Nassau, Bahamas
This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
Belize
A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
Honduras
This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.
Mazatlán, Mexico
This restored opera house is named after a soprano known for tragic romance, exile, and a truly uncomfortable wedding.
Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Mexico
A wooden sculpture sits rather out of place in this Mexican beach town.
Watrous, New Mexico
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Sandia Park, New Mexico
"I did this all while you were watching TV."
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
El Prado, New Mexico
These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.
Alaska
The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Skagway, Alaska
A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Nashville, Tennessee
This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.