A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

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

If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

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

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

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

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

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.