A stone memorial marks the spot where the fighting of World War I finally ceased—three days after the armistice was signed in Europe.

Rare pigmented engravings cover the walls of this Stone Age shelter.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Artillery recovered from the sea floor marks the spot of an extraordinary shipwreck.

The home of Mahatma Gandhi during part of the 21 years he spent living in South Africa is now a guest house.

This beautiful waterfall is not easy to reach, but offers a stunning view of the pristine green valley.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.