An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

One of the few slot canyons in New Mexico, this area is fantastic for hiking, camping, and stargazing.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

This small canyon park was once the main street of Silver City—until a flood washed it away.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

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

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.