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

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.