The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

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

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

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

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.