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

A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.

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

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.