A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

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

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

1920's mining camp and environmental education center is serving to protect the surrounding forest, one of the last of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.