A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

A rescue facility that caters specifically to wolf-dog hybrids, and educates about these unique animals.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A playing field for a popular French past time can be found tucked away in a quiet corner of Golden Gate Park.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.