The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

This park was designated by UNESCO as an Endangered World Heritage site.

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.

Dakar is home to one of the oldest African art institutions in West Africa.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

A 19th-century architectural masterpiece with ties to Gustave Eiffel.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.