A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

This museum dedicated to cartography is housed in a former 17th-century convent.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

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

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

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

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.