Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

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

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

The magic's in the hole!

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

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

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

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.