This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

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