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A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

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

A whimsical display of massive metal sculptures made from recycled materials.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.