An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This museum honors the farming past of the “Salad Bowl of the World.”

Defaced since the early 80s, this bridge has become local icon to the metalheads and residents of the city.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

This public park features intricate stone architecture, mosaics, and walkways.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

A tiny plaque hidden miles into the Washington wilderness is all that remains to honor a shipwreck that left 18 people dead.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.