Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

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

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

This art display in Dedham honors a local fish, and is dedicated to the volunteers who restored the canal.

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

Epicurean and holy traditions converge in what may be the oldest restaurant in Europe.

These ruins saw a second life as a cemetery.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.