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

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The magic's in the hole!

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.