Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.