Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

High in the Sacramento Mountains, a facility dedicated to studying the sun.

This roadside shrine to an unofficial saint has welcomed the wishes and prayers of local believers for generations.

Life-sized statues of two characters from a decades-long Japanese film series stand outside Shibamata station.

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.

An abandoned Yorkshire castle that is hidden in plain sight.

If James Bond bungee-jumped off the side of a 720-foot dam, would you do it too?

This bank is widely believed to be the inspiration for the offices of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective featured in a number of Raymond Chandler's stories.

This artificial lake was built to provide water for a planned facility that would treat tuberculosis patients.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

The longest eruption in the history of La Palma originated with this volcano in September 2021.

Legend says this rock spire is the finger of a witch who wanted to throw the Faroe Islands towards Iceland.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

A small sanctuary carved into the mountainside near the tallest point in continental Portugal.

The final resting place of a young stagecoach robber who refused mercy.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

The strongest earthquake in Nevada's recorded history left these spectacular breaks along the west front of a range in central Nevada.

A touching tribute to a local hero who made sure his neighborhood stayed clean.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

A natural wonder with mythological ties to the local Ainu tradition.