Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

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

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.