Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

This castle was once considered as an option for the Royal Family's alternate residence, but you may know it better from the 'X-Men' movie.