The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's longest known cave system.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.