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.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.