One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

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

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

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

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

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

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The magic's in the hole!

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

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.