These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.