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

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

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

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

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

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

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.