Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

A land of debatable treasure.

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

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.