This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

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

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

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

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

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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