A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

World's strongest whirlpool.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.