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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

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

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.