The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

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

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

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."

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

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.