A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

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

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

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

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A small research station sits at the summit of this mountain, which is one of the few U.S. peaks higher than 14,000 feet outside of the Sierra Nevada.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Once a staging site for World War II munitions.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.