The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

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

A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

The Painted Ladies of Ontario aren’t your average beach homes.

Along a coast that sees the annual migration of humpback whales, a geological formation that takes the shape of a whale’s tail.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.