This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

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

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

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

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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

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