This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

California's largest steel arch bridge.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

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

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This striking otherworldly landscape outside Angola's capital city is the product of millions of years of erosion.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

One of the camera company's former manufacturing buildings is now a museum dedicated to its history.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

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

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.