This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

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

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

Would you dare to dangle from a great height in a wooden basket?

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.

This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.

The centuries-old trees are draped with Spanish moss to make them look like wizened elders.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."