The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Lighthouse-cum-columbarium where "Nor'easters" and grandma go to die.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

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

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.