A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The middle finger of modernity.

This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.