This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

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

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

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

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

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

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.