Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

Inside this museum is an ongoing excavation of an ancient shipwreck.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

A secluded, little-known temple hidden amid the dense jungle.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.