A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

The magic's in the hole!

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an eighth-century Buddhist master.

A tiny chapel clings to a precipice above Germany’s gemstone capital.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

This mesmerizing statue of a child wrestling an anteater symbolizes the native culture and biodiversity of São Paulo.

These giant sculptures are supported by a bizarre menagerie of feet.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.