This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This Native American settlement dates back to the Pueblo II period.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A Biblically-based Natural History Museum.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Antiques by the Bay.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

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.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.