This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.