The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.