Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

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.

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

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

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

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.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.