Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

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

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.