In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

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

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

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

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.