Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

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

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.