Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

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

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

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

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

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

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

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.