This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

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

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

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

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

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

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.