The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.