Places misailr Wants to Go

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

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

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

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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.

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

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

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

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

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

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

This monument honors the band's impromptu performance at Cadillac highschool's homecoming decades ago.

A series of 33 stone markers maps an ancient 55-mile transportation route.

This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.