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

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

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

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

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

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.