This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.