The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

A remains of a stone shelter are a reminder of "The Worst Journey in the World."

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

The ship that got left behind.