An urban laboratory.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.