Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.