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This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The largest drain hole in the world.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

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

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.