A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

A cenote filled with Colonial era artifacts whose waters cannot be accessed.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

Visit a haunted Mughal mosque and the tomb of a Sufi saint and his disciple.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

Naturally carbonated water fills the mineral baths at this 19th-century California resort.

This statue in Plaza San Francisco commemorates a beloved figure from 1950s Havana.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.