The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.