According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.