This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

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

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

A small research station sits at the summit of this mountain, which is one of the few U.S. peaks higher than 14,000 feet outside of the Sierra Nevada.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

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

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

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

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

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.