From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

The oldest landmark of Toronto is a testament to shifting sands.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

Despite being dead since the 1970s, this Canadian tree is kept upright and intact by adoring locals.

Sitting empty in a lonely Canadian field is a century-old stone bunker sometimes called "One Man's Castle."

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.