After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

Giant money stones of Yap.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

His discovery kicked off the Gold Rush. One of the hands on this commemorative statue points to the spot where he found the precious metal.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.