Lee Vining, California
Mono Lake
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
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Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
New York, New York
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
Mitchell, Oregon
Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Austin, Nevada
This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.
Tonopah, Nevada
The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.
Nye County, Nevada
The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Nye, Nevada
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Nye County, Nevada
The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.