During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

Three million year old fossils are exposed for all to see on this Icelandic shore.

Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

This tumultuous Icelandic lava field looks so alien European researchers want to use it as a stand-in for Mars.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.