These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

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

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

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.