Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

Oddly enough, a pair of Wolfs funded the construction of this Little Red Riding Hood sculpture.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

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

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

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

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

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