Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.