Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.