Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

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

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

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

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

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

A land of debatable treasure.

Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.