This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

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

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

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

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

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

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

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.