Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

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

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

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

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.