While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

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

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.