A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

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

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

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

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

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

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Mine your own precious stones.

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

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

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

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