More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is home to one of Polynesia’s largest petroglyph fields.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

The house where the writer spent his formative years.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.