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

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The history and future of cannabis.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

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