A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

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

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

A long and winding trail through history led to the current iteration of this mountaintop tower.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.