A massive portrait of Abraham Lincoln created with approximately 24,500 pennies.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

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

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Experience the glam side of air travel without leaving the ground at this speakeasy.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.