Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.

Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

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

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

This sprawling Belgian fort was once thought of as impenetrable but now it is simply an abandoned relic.