The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The magic's in the hole!

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

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.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.