An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

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

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.