The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

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

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

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

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

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.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

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

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

The world's largest Holstein cow.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.