Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.