For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

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

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.