Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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

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.

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

Pause in an abandoned hydroelectric station, now overrun with wildlife, to consider a thought-provoking poem.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.