See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

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

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.