Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.