“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

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

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

A missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.