Big Pine, California
Methuselah Tree
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
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Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Napa, California
The largest drain hole in the world.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.