A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The sequential animation shows a galloping horse stretching, morphing into a winged Pegasus, and finally transforming into a bird soaring.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

As the oldest structure in Harris County, this 200-year-old frontier cabin stands in the literal shadow of downtown Houston’s massive skyscrapers.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

Beside a lonely road winding into the hills overlooking Altadena, sits a portal that urges callers to embrace humanity‘s innermost expression: Goodbye

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The only perennial creek in the Mojave Preserve is also the site of an 1860s fort.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Walk in the footsteps of the famed astronaut at Purdue University.

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

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

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.