This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.