L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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.

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

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.