An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

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

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.