The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

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

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

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

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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