"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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

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

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

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

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.