The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.