Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

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

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

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

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

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