This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

An obelisk commemorates historic floods that hit two towns along the Red River of the North.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

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 natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

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

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

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

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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