This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”