Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.