Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

This massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erratic.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

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

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.