Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

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