This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Kitschy steak joint where customers can cook their own meat over an eternal flame.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

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

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.