A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A network of fortifications that never saw conflict.

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.