Lompoc, California
Lompoc Valley Drive-In
With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
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Lompoc, California
With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
Monterey, California
Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.
San Luis Obispo, California
A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."
Inyo County, California
A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Coalinga, California
A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Three Rivers, California
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.
Dyer, Nevada
The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.
White Pine County, Nevada
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Austin, Nevada
This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.
Austin, Nevada
This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Austin, Nevada
Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!
Fallon, Nevada
This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Washoe County, Nevada
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.