These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

"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."

This is the house that spite built.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The last of its kind in the country.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.