The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

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

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

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.