Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

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

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

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.