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An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

Spectacular rock formations host dinosaur footprints and an old hydrotherapy pool.

A historic train ride from California to Mexico.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

The same family lived in this Victorian house for nearly 100 years without altering the building.

An artist-run shop filled with art inspired by and made from nature.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

A large, remote national monument highlights the typical geologic structure seen in Nevada.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Designed in 1887, this clock from the county office clock tower has been restored and is on full display.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.