This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

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

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

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

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