Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

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

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

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

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.