It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.