A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

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

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

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

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.