Tibetan-influenced mountain fortress in Northern Pakistan.

This dazzlingly turquoise mountain lake was created in the wake of a natural disaster.

Known as the most dangerous bridge in the world, the Hussaini Hanging Bridge is only one of many precarious rope bridges in Northern Pakistan.

Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

An artist has turned what most people would consider a bathroom nightmare into a work of political art.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.