The first project by the Bureau of Reclamation illustrates both the upsides and downsides of reclamation.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

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

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.