Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

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

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

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

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

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The clock that sets them all.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.