Mine your own precious stones.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

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.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Not for the faint of heart, this long pedestrian bridge rewards those who brave the wobbly walk with a beautiful view.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

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

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

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.