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

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

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

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

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The largest drain hole in the world.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

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

The magic's in the hole!

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.