According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

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

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

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

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