Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.