Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

The inhabitants of the world’s largest wetland have learned to navigate its dramatic seasonal changes.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This small cemetery remains hidden behind a recreation center.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

A collection of vehicles across American military history.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

The world's biggest pet store.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.