Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

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

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.