Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

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

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

The freeway that never was.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.