Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Controversially restored in the 1970s, this giant 15th-century mosque is shrouded in legend.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

A Berkeley sidewalk etched with 128 cast-iron poems.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.

Where a demonstration led to equal rights for one of California's most marginalized communities.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

A glimpse of the Pacific Northwest‘s indigenous culture in Washington, D.C.