New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

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

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

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This is one really big nut.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.