The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

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

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.