The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

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

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.