Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

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

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

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

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.