It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

This institution honors Nepal’s most storied warriors.

Feast your eyes upon hundreds of Nepal's native butterflies and moths.

Everything from a plane to your own two feet are needed to reach this jungle resort.

A museum with a window view of the Himalayas and an on-site climbing wall.

Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Jumping-off point for a climb up Mt. Everest is the most dangerous airport in the world.

Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.