This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

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

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.