The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.

Dedicated to a colonial woman who was hanged for being a Quaker.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

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

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.