New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

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

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

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

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

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

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

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

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

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.