The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Once a year, the ruins of an ancient village come alive with hundreds of glowing farolitos.

This ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande is home to a little-known LGBTQ history of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Marie Chabot, and two-spirit Navajo weaver Hastiin Klah.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

A majestic hotel that also stands as a historic relic.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

A rare cliffside vantage point of Lake Michigan with an explosive history.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

An ordinary rancher stumbled upon one of the world’s largest collections of Pliocene horse fossils.

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.