The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.