The world's last remaining store of its kind.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

A sparse, solitary sequoia still stands as a living tribute to the famous conservationist who planted it—but it's dying.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

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

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

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

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

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.