A local prank turned town icon.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.