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A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.